
Elizabeth Williams Sadlow 




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ALL ABOUT 
THE JUNIOR 



BY 

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS SUDLOW 

AUTHOR OF 
"ALL ABOUT THE PRIMARY" 
"THE CRADLE ROLL DEPARTMENT," ETC. 



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PHILADELPHIA: 

THE UNION PRESS 

1816 Chestnut Street 



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Copyright, 1916, by American Sunday-School Union 



SEP 26 1916 






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PREFACE 

When I first became interested in Junior work, 
I many times felt the need of a handbook covering 
exercises and suggestions for special occasions, but 
could find nothing in compact form. The Primary 
teacher had any number of good helps at hand, but 
the Junior worker was not so well provided for. So, 
from various sources, I have gathered together those 
things which have been most helpful to me. Much 
of the material has been secured at conventions, 
from Sunday-schools in many parts of the country, 
from Junior Christian Endeavor, Epworth League, 
and Temperance societies, and from the floating 
literature of many religious and secular magazines, 
I should be only too glad to give due credit for 
every idea thus obtained, but in many instances the 
authors are unknown. 

While the teacher who is using the Graded Les- 
sons with her class will not have so much use for 
the supplemental work as will the one teaching the 
International Uniform Lessons, still some of the 
suggestions will be of assistance. 

Those who are working with Juniors in any de- 
partment of the church outside of the Sunday- 
school will also find here material that may be used 
in one way or another. 

From this miscellaneous collection, gathered from 
my own experience in a graded Junior Department 
in a large city church, and with a Junior class in a 
one-room school in a rural community, I trust every 
Junior worker may find something that will prove 
helpful. 

Elizabeth Williams Sudlow. 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

I. Our Juniors : Their Possibilities 7 

II. The Class Program 16 

III. Lesson Preparation 23 

IV. Responsive Readings for Opening and 

Closing Services 28 

V. The Offering Service 31 

VI. Remembering the Birthdays 36 

VII. Supplemental Lessons 51 

VIII. Missions in the Junior Department 59 

IX. Exercises for Varying the Missionary 

Program 70 

X. Training in Temperance 77 

XI. Temperance Pledges 83 

XII. Exercises for Varying the Temperance 

Program 88 

XIII. Bible Geography 104 

XIV. The Use of Handwork 115 

XV. Drills and Concert Exercises 122 

XVI. Songs and Hymns 128 

XVII. Bible Verses for Special Times 131 



ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 



CHAPTER I 
OUR JUNIORS: THEIR POSSIBILITIES 

The Junior is the fourth department of the 
Elementary Division of the Sunday-school, and 
cares for the boys and girls that are nine, ten, 
eleven and twelve years of age. However delight- 
ful and instructive the work in the Primary De- 
partment may have been, there comes a time when 
the children outgrow it. They are too big for 
the pretty songs and exercises which hitherto have 
formed a large part of their instruction. Like 
plants, they are growing and need room. They 
have had a good start in the Beginners 5 and 
Primary classes, and now a careful training is 
necessary to further the work already begun and 
to make these young plants bear fruit. We do 
not call them children now; they are boys and 
girls. 

Let us name some of the characteristics of the 
Junior age. This has been termed the "steam- 
engine period/ 5 the time when the boy has "a 
thousand muscles to wiggle and not one to keep 



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still." It is the age when the boy and the girl 
take great interest in reading. They have learned 
to read with comparative ease and enjoy reading 
stories for themselves. It is the age of hero-wor- 
ship, when the actions of older people are imi- 
tated; when the girl wants to act as much like 
the teacher as she can, and when the boy loves 
to be the companion of some older fellow, and 
through the law of association naturally grows 
in honor, in truth, in generosity, should these 
traits be manifested by his hero. It is the time 
when clubs and gangs first begin to show them- 
selves; when the girl and her "best friend" are 
almost inseparable, and when the boy and his 
"chum" want to be together morning, noon, and 
night. It is the time when habits are not only 
formed but often clinched for life. It is the age 
when the "5 W- Why, What, Where, When, 
Who — are most in evidence; the inquisitive age. 
It is also the age of keen memory. Finally, it is 
the normal time for conscious decision for Christ. 
All these characteristics we must bear in mind 
when working with the Juniors. As teachers, we 
must help them to form right habits and to store 
their minds with such things as will be of benefit 
and blessing all through life. How very wrong 
it is to appoint as teacher for such a group a 
nervous person, or one whose sole aim in taking 
the class is to demonstrate to other unsuccessful 



OUR JUNIORS: THEIR POSSIBILITIES 9 

teachers that he or she can "make them behave" ! 
There will be little trouble about their behavior 
if the teacher understands the characteristics of 
this age and is prepared to meet the need. Some 
of the qualifications of a good teacher for Juniors 
are : consecration of time, of talents, of strength ; 
patience, that will never permit loss of self-con- 
trol; and a sympathy broad enough to take an 
active interest in all that appeals to the boys and 
girls. 

We have said that it is the liahit-clinching 
period; so the habit of daily Bible-reading and 
daily prayer should be encouraged by the teacher, 
as should also that of regular church attendance. 
Systematic giving is emphasized now, and more 
definite instruction given in temperance and mis- 
sions. Bad habits, as well as good, are formed 
at this time, but if the good ones are started first, 
there is less danger of the others taking deep 
root. For instance, the boy whose mind is thor- 
oughly saturated with temperance facts through 
having heard the subject mentioned, though very 
briefly, once each Sunday during the four years 
of his stay in the Junior Department, is not likely 
to become either a smoker or a drunkard. 

Regular church attendance can be encouraged 
by various methods. Eefer often to the duty and 
pleasure, as well as the privilege, of going to God's 
house. If the school meets at the close of the 



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morning service, have the text of the sermon read 
in concert, asking for the verse and chapter, the 
division of the Bible in which it is found, and 
the group of books to which it belongs. Occasion- 
ally have one or more take notes and give to the 
class some thought in connection with the sermon. 
Special seats at the church service are often re- 
served for the Juniors and their teachers. 

A hymn sung at the church service may be 
repeated during the Sunday-school session. Inter- 
est the pastor in the work of the department and 
have him co-operate, whenever possible, by using 
church hymns which form a part of the Junior 
memory work, and by referring directly or indi- 
rectly to some feature of the lesson for the day. 
A Junior choir is often used in the morning 
service to lead the singing. 

In some schools marks are given for church 
attendance. In a graded department keen com- 
petition may be aroused between the divisions by 
seeing which one can maintain the highest per- 
centage for a given period. Notebooks in which 
the texts are written as homework are also used. 
Methods are many for securing church attend- 
ance, but if we can get our Juniors interested 
enough to attend, and then train them to take an 
intelligent interest in sermon and service for the 
four years they are with us, the habit will be so 
strongly formed that it will not be an easy one 



OUR JUNIORS: THEIR POSSIBILITIES 11 

to break. Mrs. M. G. Kennedy says, "The 
teachers example is a potent factor in forming 
the church attendance habit with the Juniors." 
Said a speaker at a Sunday-school convention, 
"The teacher who does not attend church regu- 
larly ought either to be converted or eliminated." 
I have often heard pastors deplore the fact that 
many teachers give the excuse that if they come 
to Sunday-school, that is enough. An ounce of 
example is worth a ton of precept in this case. 

Some recognition of daily Bible-reading should 
be taken. Encourage the reading not only of 
single verses but of the whole story of some char- 
acter, or the description of an event which has 
made a person or a place prominent. Assign a 
certain portion to be read during the week. Most 
Juniors have reached the age when they can read 
easily and they should be taught to search the 
Scriptures and discover its truths for themselves. 
The result of such training will be an intelligent 
generation of young Christians who are not slow 
or ashamed to attend religious services through 
fear of showing their ignorance of biblical knowl- 
edge, and who believe God's Word because they 
know it. 

If our boys and girls are trained to give sys- 
tematically of their small means, when they be- 
come wage-earners the habit of regularly laying 
aside a portion for the Lord will hav£ become 



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a fixed one, and our church treasuries will not be 
in the depleted condition they often are under 
the present system of spasmodic giving. 

The same is true of missions. ISTot only will 
more money be given cheerfully to carry on the 
work, but if the subject is presented on each of 
the two hundred and eight Sundays the Juniors 
spend with us, if only for five minutes each week, 
it will be strange if from every group there does 
not go forth someone who will say, when the 
proper time comes, "Here am I ; send me." 

This is often referred to as the "golden mem- 
ory" period of life. Mr. Herbert Moninger says, 
"The Junior teacher has the pupils when the 
memory is 'most impressionable and most tena- 
cious/ It is a sin for parents and teachers to 
permit children to pass this period without liter- 
ally saturating them with outlines of Old and 
New Testament history, and many of the choicest 
passages of the Bible." We ought to make it a 
point to use Bibles at every session. Frequent 
drills in reference-finding should be conducted, 
as these will enable our pupils to handle their 
Bibles in an intelligent manner. In order to do 
this, every Junior should own his own Bible, 
should be taught to study it, to mark it, and to 
love it. 

Whether you are the superintendent of a large 
graded department, meeting in a room where you 



OUR JUNIORS: THEIR POSSIBILITIES 13 

have the whole session to yourselves, or the teacher 
of a small group meeting in a one-room school, 
the characteristics and needs of your scholars are 
the same. Keep always in mind the possibilities 
of the children with whom you are working. 
Someone has said that "the fundamental prin- 
ciple underlying successful work with Juniors is 
adaptation." Therefore adopt as many helpful 
suggestions as you can find on Junior work, and 
adapt them to suit your own local conditions. 
There are many Junior departments which meet 
with the main school for the opening service, and 
then retire behind screens or curtains for their 
own classwork. And there by themselves the 
pupils not only study the lesson of the day, but 
devote a few minutes to missions, temperance, 
birthday recognition, supplemental work, geogra- 
phy drills, and a special offering service. How is 
it done? They go to their own quarters early in 
the session — possibly after the opening hymn and 
prayer — and spend the time before the classes 
take up the study of the lesson in their special 
work. Or, when they cannot have even their own 
curtained corner, because of large numbers or for 
some other reason, co-operation with the superin- 
tendent will result in an opportunity for some 
concert work or for the singing of memory hymns. 
The teachers also devote a few minutes of the 
lesson period to supplemental work. 



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To quote Mr. Moninger again: "Of all the 
seven periods of life, the Junior furnishes the 
richest harvest of spiritual results. Children who 
have been taught well in the homes and in the 
Bible-schools will naturally want to make a con- 
fession of their faith in Christ and surrender their 
lives to him sometime between the ages of nine 
and thirteen. The wise superintendent of the 
Junior Department will see that the proper truths 
are taught during this period, that the child may 
understand how to become a Christian and how 
to live a Christian life." Therefore, as this is 
pre-eminently a time of religious decisions, be- 
fore leaving the department the child should have 
decided for Christ and united with the Church. 
All the teaching up to this point should have led 
him to desire to express his love toward his 
Heavenly Father ; then of course the natural thing 
for him to do is to unite with God's people. Shall 
we neglect the opportunities offered us in the 
Junior Department? Had we not better so teach 
our pupils that we may expect them— all of them 
— to become church members before they leave 
this department? If we do not expect it, will 
they be likely to do so? And has the work been 
well done if they do not? 

Helpful Boohs. — The Junior worker has great 
need to know the pupil as well as the best methods 
of teaching. The study of such books as "The 



OUR JUNIORS: THEIR POSSIBILITIES 15 

Junior Worker and His Work," by Miss E. A. 
Robinson; " After the Primary, What?" by Dr. 
A. H. McKinney; "Our Boys and Girls," by Mrs. 
M. G. Kennedy; "The Unfolding Life," by Mrs. 
M. A. Lamoreaux (particularly the chapter on 
"The Junior Age") ; and "Handwork in the Sun- 
day School," by Eev. Milton S. Littlefield, will 
open up the subject in a most interesting manner. 



CHAPTEK II 
THE CLASS PROGRAM 

Too much emphasis cannot be placed upon the 
importance of a well-planned program, one in 
which there will be something doing every second 
of the time. Keep the Juniors actively at work 
mentally, and there will be less danger of their 
becoming restless physically. Of course they will 
grow tired, but a change in the program — a bright 
song, a concert drill, or something of that sort — • 
will serve as a rest exercise and keep them in 
the reverent, receptive frame of mind to which 
the opening service has led. 

We have so short a time each week in which 
to train these boys and girls — only one hour — 
that as co-workers with God it is very necessary 
that we have our seed all ready for the sowing, 
and try not to waste a single one of our sixty 
working minutes. Be prepared, therefore, before 
going to your department — physically, mentally, 
spiritually. 

Have the program written out, but if necessary, 
however, do not hesitate to dispense with a por- 
tion of it rather than hurry through a number 
of topics in an undignified, irreverent, confusing 
manner. It will be found useful to have a watch 

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or a clock where you can readily see the hour, 
and to mark on your program the time at which 
each new topic should be taken up. 

Begin on time, and close promptly, or resign 
to someone else who will ! Avoid interruptions 
as far as possible. The assistant superintendent 
may remain near the door, to see anyone who has 
a message for you or for the department. 

Divide the program into four main parts: Wor- 
ship, Instruction, Fellowship, Business. Under 
the head of "Worship" will come music, respon- 
sive Bible-reading, prayer, and offering. "In- 
struction" includes the lesson of the day, supple- 
mental work and handwork, temperance and mis- 
sionary teaching. "Fellowship" covers birthday 
recognition, welcome to new scholars, visitors, 
pastor, or superintendent. Under the head of 
"Business" put marking records and church attend- 
ance, notices, distribution of papers and library 
books. 

Be brief and to the point in every detail. Let 
nothing drag. Have every exercise full of life 
and vitality so that it will hold the interest of 
the Junior. Study carefully the lesson for the 
day, and plan every detail especially for that 
particular session. Let the prayers be brief, 
definite, and reverent. Do not make the mistake 
of talking or praying too long. So far as pos- 
sible, have a thread of continuity running through 



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all class and supplemental work, Bible drills, tem- 
perance and missionary exercises. 

In going over the following program, please 
bear in mind that a form program must of neces- 
sity be merely suggestive. Consecrated common 
sense must be used to adapt it to local conditions. 

SUGGESTED PROGRAM 



1. 


Busy Work before Session. 


2. 


Music. 


3. 


Opening of School — Singing. 


4. 


Eesponsive Service. 


5. 


Prayer. 


6. 


Church Hymn. 


7. 


Fellowship. 


8. 


Offering. 


9. 


Business. 


10. 


Concert Drill. 


11. 


Temperance or Missions. 


12. 


Prayer. 


13. 


New Hymn. 


14. 


Bible Geography — Map Work. 


15. 


Teaching of Lesson. 


16. 


Comments by Superintendent. 


17. 


Song. 


18. 


Benediction. 



DETAILS OF ABOVE PROGRAM 

1. Busy WorTc before Session. — As far as pos- 
sible, all records are marked before the regular 
session so as to save time. This also gives the 
teacher opportunity for a private word with the 



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scholars. Notebooks, maps, models, and all home- 
work are looked over now, criticized, and graded. 
Such work before the session insures prompt at- 
tendance of pupils and teachers — particularly of 
teachers, because they feel that they must be on 
hand when the first scholar arrives in order to 
get through with this busy work in good season. 

2. Music. — A few minutes before the school 
opens familiar hymn tunes are played, together 
with some new tune that will be learned later. 
The music should gradually decrease in volume 
until the superintendent steps upon the plat- 
form, which is the signal for perfect quiet in the 
room. 

3. Opening of School — Singing. — This is a 
praise hymn, usually sung from memory. 

4. Ilespomive Service. — Such a service gives 
a good opportunity for reviewing memory verses. 
Sometimes it is a missionary group; again, some 
temperance Scripture, a series of verses on giving, 
the Beatitudes, a Psalm, or other Bible passage. 

5. Prayer. — This varies. Sometimes it is a 
prayer by the superintendent, the Lord's Prayer 
in concert by the department, King Asa's mis- 
sionary prayer, or a prayer song. 

6. Church Hymn. — A little co-operation be- 
tween pastor and Junior Department superin- 
tendent will result in a hymn familiar to the 
boys and girls being sung during the morning 



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church service. Where the Sunday-school is held 
before church, the superintendent gets this in- 
formation in advance; but where the school fol- 
lows the morning worship, the Juniors them- 
selves announce the hymn. 

7. Fellowship. — This part of the service in- 
cludes the recognition of birthdays of teachers 
and scholars, the introduction and welcome of 
new scholars, or welcome to pastor, school super- 
intendent, or visitor who may be present. In 
the event of there being no birthday or other 
special feature to observe, the time may be spent 
on some other part of the program. 

8. Offering. — Too often this is made a part 
of the business of the class rather than of the 
worship. Use a short responsive Scripture serv- 
ice, followed by the taking of the offering in in- 
dividual classes; then have a brief dedication 
prayer by the superintendent, or a concert prayer 
by the whole department. 

9. Business. — Under this head come the 
marking of records and the announcement of 
meetings or events of interest to the department. 

10. Concert Drill. — This will serve as a rest 
exercise, and will bring the attention of the boys 
and girls back to the work of the hour. See 
Chapter 15 for suggestions. 

11. Temperance or Missions. — Five minutes 
can be devoted to some phase of either of these 



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subjects, the exact nature depending upon the 
line of teaching followed by the department. A 
Dumber of suggestions are given elsewhere in this 
book (Chapters 8-12). 

12. Prayer. — A brief, definite prayer by the 
superintendent or a teacher. 

13. New Hymn. — Try to devote a few minutes 
each Sunday to new music. If the pupils are 
familiar with the melody of a new hymn, through 
having heard it played during the busy-work 
period, they will learn it readily. 

14. Bible Geography. — At least three minutes 
may profitably be spent in map work and in the 
study of Bible geography. 

15. Teaching of Lesson. — This is the heart of 
the whole session. The period belongs to the 
teacher and should be held sacred from any in- 
terruption. 

16. Comments by Superintendent. — The su- 
perintendent may wish at this time to emphasize 
the leading thought of the whole period — what- 
ever may have been the golden thread running 
through the day. 

17. Sang. — This closing song should leave the 
Juniors in a reverent spirit. 

18. Benediction. — One of the Bible benedic- 
tions, repeated in concert. 

The pupils resume their seats while papers and 
library books are distributed; then, class by class, 



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they march out of the ?oom, keeping time to 
music. 

In her book, "Our Boys and Girls," Mrs. M. G. 
Kennedy, in speaking of program-making, says, 
"If your program is sj^stematically planned, and 
you know just what you are going to do, you can 
accomplish a very great deal in an hour, divided 
into periods of five minutes, or even three; and 
three minutes devoted each Sunday to a subject 
make two and a half hours in the course of a 
year. But if you hesitate and consult your pianist 
or secretary between parts of the service, of course 
you cannot do 'all of this/ " 



CHAPTER III 
LESSON PREPARATION 

Even with our program divided into four divi- 
sions — Worship, Instruction, Fellowship, and 
Business — the whole is planned with but a single 
object in view — the development of Christian 
character. The most important part of it all, the 
very heart of the service, is therefore the lesson. 
We have no less an authority than a President 
of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, for the 
public statement that "the Sunday-school lesson 
of today is the code of morals of tomorrow." 
How very important, then, that the teacher be 
prepared to bring to the boy and girl that which 
can be assimilated and which will nurture the 
growing soul. 

Mr. Marion Lawrance says, "The secret of suc- 
cess in teaching is preparation" Therefore, if we 
are to be successful in our work it behooves us 
to get ready. But this cannot be done if our 
main study is left until Saturday night or Sun- 
day morning, and we then attempt to "prepare" 
a lesson for our class. We must begin early in 
the week, and line upon line, fact upon fact, truth 
upon truth, study ourselves full. We cannot ex- 

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pect to impart to others something of which we 
know nothing. We ourselves must first acquire 
knowledge before we can hope to give it away. 
"You cannot water others until you yourself have 
first been watered," is an old proverb, and one 
to be considered by the Sunday-school teacher. 

When studying the lesson our text-book must 
be the Bible. Eead the designated Scripture, as 
well as the parallel and intervening passages, and 
search patiently to discover what these passages 
reveal, before you turn to the lesson-helps. Some- 
one has said, "The Bible is a great gold mine of 
the truth that nourishes the soul. But it is a 
mine, not a jewelry shop, and it yields its richest 
treasures only to him who mines them for him- 
self." 

When we have studied the lesson first with the 
definite purpose of strengthening and enriching 
our own life and adding to our store of religious 
truth and knowledge, we are in condition to pre- 
pare the material so as to present it to our 
scholars in so forceful a manner that they too 
may be strengthened. We must bring the abstract 
thought into concrete form, keeping in mind the 
needs of the particular class we are to teach. 

Eev. Forrest E. Dager, D. D. ? tells an incident 
of some men engaged in tunneling a river. They 
were in the midst of an animated discussion upon 
the relative merits of several kinds of shovels. 



LESSON PREPARATION 25 

The outcome of the discussion was that the value 
of a shovel of any particular size or shape was 
largely dependent upon the character of the 
ground to be handled and the strength and quick- 
ness of the man who used it. "Two lessons that 
unique debating society taught me," Dr. Dager 
says: "First, no matter what may be the char- 
acter of one's work, it is wise to think and to 
seek light upon the best tools and methods; sec- 
ond, in every branch of work, each workman must 
study the peculiar conditions that confront him, 
and use the tools and methods that the situation 
requires. The conclusion of that normal class 
on the river bank," Dr. Dager continues, "is that 
while general principles may be settled through 
conference and council, the peculiar requirements 
and difficulties of each class must be met by the 
thoughtful study and application of the indi- 
vidual teacher." 

Another point to remember is that every lesson 
presents a positive as well as a negative side, and 
that the positive is the thing to emphasize. Every 
lesson also presents several truths. Select the 
truth test suited to your class and build around 
that. "Drive one nail clear through and clinch it." 

A suggestive plan for preparing the lesson may 
be helpful: 

1. The Starting-Point 

2. The Route. 

3. The Destination. 



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The Starting-Point. — This should be brief and 
not of such a character as to foreshadow the les- 
son itself. Secure the attention of the boys and 
girls by asking questions, by arousing their curi- 
osity in an object or a blackboard diagram, or 
by giving an illustration or a story that leads 
them from the plane of something with which 
they are already acquainted to unfamiliar ground. 

The Route: the Lesson To Be Taught. — The 
route may be given in story form, or, as Miss 
Eobinson says in her book, "The Junior Worker 
and His Work": "Occasionally it will be well to 
adopt the conversational method of presentation, 
in which the teacher asks questions of members 
of the class, supplementing their statements by 
his own, by way of correction or addition. The 
aim of this interchange of thought should be to 
aid the pupils to discover the truths of the lesson 
for themselves." 

The Destination: the Truth. — This may be 
reached either by direct or by suggested applica- 
tion, or perhaps through a familiar song or a 
suitable illustration. It should provide an op- 
portunity for the pupils to become "doers, and 
not hearers only." The value of the impression 
which they have received must be demonstrated 
through expression which will have a place in 
their "code of morals of tomorrow." 

The teacher who yearns to be successful would 



LESSON PREPARATION 27 

do well to study "Teaching and Teachers/ 5 by 
Dr. H. Clay Trumbull. It is full of help and 
inspiration from cover to cover. The closing 
paragraph should be an incentive to every teacher 
to strive for better preparation : "Then, they that 
be teachers [they that cause others to discern 
the truth] shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament; and they that turn [they that influ- 
ence] many to righteousness [shall shine] as the 
stars for ever and ever." 

In conclusion, it is only as God's Spirit works 
through a teacher that the teacher can accom- 
plish anything. We are workers together with 
God. Pray for the guidance of the Spirit every 
day before you begin the preparation of the les- 
son. He will direct you as to what you ought to 
present and the method and material to use in 
the presentation. "When he, the Spirit of truth, 
is come, he will guide you into all truth." 



CHAPTER IV 

RESPONSIVE READINGS FOR OPENING 
AND CLOSING SERVICES 

OPENING SERVICE OF PRAISE VERSES 

Superintendent : Let the people praise thee, O God; let 
all the people praise thee. — Ps. 67:3. 

Boys : O praise the Lord, all ye nations : praise him, all 
ye people. For his merciful kindness is great 
toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth 
for ever. Praise ye the Lord. — Ps. 117. 

Girls: O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for 
thou shalt judge the people righteously, and 
govern the nations upon earth. — Ps. 67:4. 

All: Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: sing 
forth the honor of his name: make his praise 
glorious.— Ps. 66:1, 2. 
Close with the Doxology. 

OPENING SERVICE OF MISSIONARY VERSES 

All: God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. — 
John 3:16. 

Superintendent: And this gospel of the kingdom shall 
be preached in all the world for a witness unto 
all nations; and then shall the end come. — Matt. 
24:14. 



RESPONSIVE READINGS 29 

Bops: How then shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? . . . And how shall they 
hear without a preacher? — Eom. 10:14. 

Girls: And how shall they preach except they be sent? 
As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of 
them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring 
glad tidings of good things!— Rom. 10:15. 

Bops: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to 
every creature. — Mark 16:15. 

Girls: Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders 
among all people. — Ps. 96:3. 

All: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and 
things under the earth; and that every tongue 
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the 
glory of God the rather.— Phil. 2:10, 11. 

OPENING SERVICE OF TEMPERANCE VERSES 

Superintendent: Who shall ascend into the hill of the 

Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? — 

Ps, 24:3. 
Class: He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who 

hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn 

deceitfully.— Ps. 24:4. 
Superintendent: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor 

drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest 

him drunken also.— Hab. 2:15. 
Boys: Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, 

that they may follow strong drink; that continue 

until night, till wine inflame them. — Isa. 5:11. 
Girls: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 

revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom 

of God— 1 Cor. 6:10. 



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All: Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statute**; and I 
shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, 
and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it 
with my whole heart.— Ps. 119:33, 34. 

CLOSING SERVICES 
(Use one for some weeks; then change.) 
Superintendent: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. 
Class: The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil. 
A 11; He shall preserve thy soul. Amen. — Ps. 121 : 7. 

Superintendent : Now unto him that is able to do exceed- 
ing abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that worketh in us, 

Class: Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus 
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. — 
Eph. 3:20, 21. 

Superintendent: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: 
Class: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be 

gracious unto thee: 
All: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and 

give thee peace. Amen. — Num. 6:24-26. 

Superintendent: Now unto the King eternal, immortal, 

invisible, the only wise God, 
All: Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. — 

1 Tim. 1:17. 
All: The Lord watch between me and thee, when we 

are absent one from another, — Gen, 31 : 49. 



CHAPTEE V 
THE OFFERING SERVICE 

The taking of the offering comes under the 
head of worship. The exercise ought never to 
be a hurried, irreverent one, but of such a nature 
as to leave the pupils feeling that they really 
have been worshiping, and that it is a privilege 
to bring their "love gifts," their offerings, in this 
way. Never "take up the collection." This is 
the time when we gladly bring our gifts and 
make an offering unto the Lord. 

A plan which originated with a teacher in a 
Western school, and which has since been adopted 
by others and adapted to local conditions, is very 
simple yet effective in sowing seeds of Christian 
stewardship in the minds of boys and girls. The 
exercise is based on Scripture — on what God's 
Word has to say about giving. A theme for the 
quarter and a text for each month are chosen, 
and these are repeated in concert every Sunday, 
the Bible reference also being given. In this 
way twelve new texts are memorized every year. 
In some instances, where the department is a 
large one, the texts for a quarter are printed on 
small cards and given to the scholars to keep. 
Again, the superintendent and her assistants 

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write the texts on the small cards; or they are 
written on the blackboard or on heavy paper, and 
kept before the class until memorized. A schedule 
for one year was arranged as follows: 

THEIME FOR FIRST QUARTER — GIVING 

January: God loveth a cheerful giver. — 2 Cor. 9:7. 

February: Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how 
he said, It is more blessed to give than to re- 
ceive.— Acts 20:35. 

March: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good 
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and 
running over. — Luke 6:38. 

THEME FOR SECOND QUARTER — WHAT GOD GIVES 
April: He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.— 

Acts 17:25. 
May: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 

above, and cometh down from the Father of 

lights. — Jas. 1 : 17. 
June: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 

begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 

should not perish, but have everlasting life. — 

John 3:16. 

THEME FOR THIRD QUARTER — WHAT CHRIST GIVES 

July: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd 

giveth his life for the sheep. — John 10:11. 
August : The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 

but to minister, and to give his life a ransom 

for many.— Matt. 20:28. 
September: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for 

us.— Rom. 5:8. 



THE OFFERING SERVICE 33 

THEME FOR FOURTH QUARTER WHAT SHALL "WE 

GIVE? 

October: And lie gave him tithes of all. — Gen. 14:20. 

November: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, 
... and prove me now herewith, saith the 
Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows 
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room enough to receive it. — MaL 3 : 10. 

December: Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely 
give the tenth unto thee. — Gen. 28:22. 

The following two arrangements of Scripture 
verses for offering services were prepared by Mrs. 
H. M. Leyda, and are given in "Junior Hymns 
and Carols": 

SCRIPTURE OFFERING SERVICES 

Superintendent: Give unto the Lord the glory due unto 

his name: bring an offering, and come into his 

courts.— Ps. 96:8. 
Boys: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, 

so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity; 

for God loveth a cheerful giver.— 2 Cor. 9:7. 
Girls: Freely ye have received, freely give. — Matt. 10:8. 

All: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father. — 
Jas. 1:17. 

Superintendent : What was God's greatest gift to us? 

Pupils: For God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have everlasting life.— 
John 3:16. 



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Superintendent : What did the shepherds give to Godf 
Pupils: And the shepherds returned, glorifying and 

praising God for all the things that they had 

heard and seen, as it was told unto them. — Luke 

2:20. 
Superintendent : What did the wise men give? 
Pupils: They presented unto him gifts; gold, and 

frankincense, and myrrh. — Matt. 2:11. 
Superintendent: How can we give to him? 
Pupils: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the 

least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto 

me.— Matt. 25:40. 

RESPONSIVE OFFERING AND PRAYER SERVICE 

Superintendent: Take heed that ye do not your alms 
before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye 
have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 

Girls: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not 
sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do 
in the synagogues and in the streets, that they 
may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, 
They have their reward. 

Teachers: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left 
hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine 
alms may be in secret, and thy Father which 
seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 

Boys: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing 
in the synagogues and in the corners of the 
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I 
say unto you, They have their reward. 

Superintendent: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into 
thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray 



THE OFFERING SERVICE 35 

to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father 

which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 
Girls: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as 

the heathen do: for they think that they shall be 

heard for their much speaking. 
Boys: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your 

Father knoweth what things ye have need of, 

before ye ask him. 
Superintendent: After this manner therefore pray ye: 

(With bowed heads the Lord's Prayer is re- 
peated.) —Matt. 6:1-13. 

WHO GIVETH ALL 
(To be sung or recited by class.) 

O Lord of heaven and earth and sea, 
To Thee all praise and glory be! 
How shall we show our love to Thee, 
Who giveth all? 

We lose what on ourselves we spend; 
We have as treasures without end 
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend, 
Who giveth all. 



CHAPTER VI 
REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 

There are few ways of getting closer to the 
heart of anyone than by remembering the birth- 
day. Other anniversaries are more or less public, 
but the birthday belongs to the individual. And 
the mere fact that someone has remembered the 
exact day, and cares enough to offer congratula- 
tions and good wishes, draws the persons concerned 
more closely together. 

The Juniors are no exception to this. They 
like to acknowledge publicly the great fact that 
they are a year older, but they do not care for 
just the same style of service that the little 
Primary children delight in. They want some- 
thing more dignified, just as they ask for less 
childish gifts at this age. They do not care to 
drop their birthday offerings into a bank, a coin 
at a time, and have the class count them. In- 
stead, they want to get through with this part 
of the service as quickly as possible, and drop 
several pennies together, or use coins of larger 
denomination to make up the correct amount. 
Therefore omit the pretty little birthday song 
and verse that the Primary Department has used. 

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REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 37 

Instead, have the class repeat one or more Bible 
texts, and sing a single verse of some appropriate 
song. 

Such stirring hymns as "Onward, Christian 
Soldiers," "Stand Up, Stand Up, for Jesus/' 
"Dare to Be a Daniel," appeal to the active 
Junior, while the following are suitable Bible 
texts : 

BIRTHDAY BIBLE TEXTS 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, 
and loving favor rather than silver and gold. — Prov. 22 : 1. 

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. — 
Eccles. 12:1. 

Study to show thyself approved unto God. — 2 Tim. 
2:15. 

Fight the good fight of faith.— 2 Tim. 6:12. 

Be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the 
work of the Lord. — 1 Cor. 15:58. 

Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of 
Jesus Christ.— 2 Tim. 2:3. 

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 
might. — Eccles. 9:10. 

My son, give me thine heart.— Prov. 23:26. 

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found. — Isa. 55:6. 

No man can serve two masters. — Matt. 6:24. 

Even a child is known by his doings. — Prov. 20:11. 

These texts, or others, may be stenciled on 
paper or rmislin and hung on the wall until mem- 
orized. (See directions, at end of chapter, for 
making hectograph.) It is not likely that all of 



38 ALL ABOUT TEE JUNIOR 

them will be used. Two or three may be selected 
unless the form of greeting is changed each month, 
when a larger number will be required. Per- 
haps the teacher may wish to stencil them all, 
selecting such for each birthday as may be most 
suited to the one celebrating. Often the only 
form of birthday greeting used in a Junior De- 
partment is the benediction found in Numbers 
6:24-26, which is repeated in concert by teachers 
and scholars: 

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 

The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be 
gracious unto thee: 

The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 

In her helpful book, already mentioned, Mrs. 
M. G. Kennedy, out of her own wide experience, 
says: "Let me strongly recommend a birthday 
motto for the whole department. This motto 
should be chosen at the beginning of the year. 
It should be short, simple, practical; that is, one 
that can enter into the daily life, something to 
be lived every day. It should be constantly kept 
in notice. It can be illuminated and placed on 
the wall. In cities this is very cheaply done by 
those whose business it is. In many schools there 
are young artists who would be glad to do it. Or 
it may be stenciled, or the ready-cut-out letters, 



REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 39 

costing very little, can be pasted on cardboard. 
Then by all means have it printed in some pretty 
way, ready to give each scholar on his birthday. 
This takes some money, but I do not know of a 
better investment for the good of the school." 

Some of the mottoes which have been used in 
this department are: 

BIRTHDAY MOTTOES 

My grace is sufficient for thee. — 2 Cor. 12:9. 

Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. — John 2 : 5. 

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ 
Jesus.— Phil. 2:5. 

Love one another. — 1 John 3:11. 

Follow his steps. — 1 Pet. 2: 21. 

None of us liveth to himself. — Rom. 14 : 7. 

Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. — 
Jas. 1:22. 

We make it our aim , • . to be well-pleasing unto 
him.— 2 Cor. 5:9, E. V. 

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord. — 
Col. 3:23. 

Let your light so shine. — Matt. 5: 16. 

Keep the door of my lips. — Ps. 141:3. 

A WALL CALENDAR 

A wall calendar for the Sunday-school room, 
on which the names of the Juniors are recorded, 
is helpful. This may be made in many different 
styles. One that was very pretty was made on 
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40 ALL ABOUT TEE JUNIOR 

inches square. Across the top was written in 
letters of gold, "Our Birthdays." Underneath 
Were placed twelve small cards, one for each 
month. These cards were appropriately deco- 
rated with little water-color sketches having the 
name of the month written at the top. Each 
Junior wrote his own name and birthday in the 
proper month. 

A BIRTHDAY LETTER 

A birthday letter is appreciated by the boys and 
girls, and will be put away among their choicest 
treasures. In this letter the teacher has the op- 
portunity to get very close to the pupil, and to 
suggest some private motto or maxim for the 
year which will be helpful. 

The following is a good selection of maxims 
from which to choose. They were arranged in 
alphabetical order by a teacher: 

BIRTHDAY MAXIMS 

Abhor that which is evil. — Bom. 12:9. 
Be kindly arfectioned one to another. — Bom. 12:10. 
Cleave to that which is good. — Bom. 12:9. 
Defend the poor and fatherless. — Ps. 82:3. 
Endure hardness as a good soldier. — 2 Tim. 2:3. 
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers. — Ps. 37:1. 
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.— Eph. 4:30. 
Honor thy father and thy mother. — Exod. 20:12. 



REMEMBERING TEE BIRTH DAY B 41 

Incline your heart unto the Lord. — Josh. 24:23. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — Matt. 7:1. 

Keep thy heart with all diligence. — Prov. 4:23. 

Let love be without dissimulation. — Eom. 12:9. 

Mark the perfect man and behold the upright. — Ps. 

37:37. 
Neglect not the gift that is within thee. — 1 Tim. 4:14. 
Obey my voice, and I will be your God. — Jer. 7:23. 
Present your bodies a living sacrifice. — Rom. 12:1. 
Quench not the Spirit. — 2 Thess. 5 : 19. 
Recompense to no man evil for evil. — Rom. 12:17. 
Seek those things which are above. — Col. 3:1. 
Teach me thy way. — Ps. 27:11. 
Use not vain repetitions. — Matt. 6:7. 
Visit the fatherless and widows. — Jas. 1:27. 
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith. — 1 Cor. 16:13. 
Xcept ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. — Luke 13:3. 
Yield yourselves unto the Lord. — 2 Chron. 30:8. 
Zealous (be), therefore, and repent. — Rev. 3:19. 

If a birthday card is used, a written message 
on it adds much to its value, and if this be texts 
of Scripture beginning with the first letter of 
the given name and the surname, it has a peculiar 
personal value all its own. 

Acrostics of Scripture maxims or proverbs are 
also good. Following is an alphabetical list of 
words of Jesus, which may be of assistance if 
this plan is followed: 

WORDS OF JESUS 

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one 
another as I have loved you.— John 13 : 34. 



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Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the 

children of God.— Matt. 5:9. 
Oome unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, 

and I will give you rest. — Matt. 11:28. 
Do good to them that hate you. — Matt. 5:44. 
Enter ye in at the strait gate. — Matt. 7:13. 
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole 

world, and lose his own soul? — Mark 8:36. 
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every 

creature. — Mark 16:15. 
He that is not with me is against me. — Luke 11:23. 
I am the Son of God.— John 10:36. 
Judge not, that ye be not judged. — Matt. 7:1. 
Keep my commandments. — John 14:15. 
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe 

also in me. — John 14 : 1. 
My father worketh hitherto, and I work. — John 5:17. 
No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking 

back, is fit for the kingdom of God. — Luke 9 :62. 
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 

—Matt. 6:9. 
Peace I leave with you. — John 14:27. 
Render to Cassar the things that are Caesar's, and to God 

the things that are God's. — Mark 12:17. 
Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them 

not: for of such is the kingdom of God. — Luke 

18:16. 
The things which are impossible with men are possible 

with God.— Luke 18:27. 
Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the king- 
dom of God. — Mark 4:11. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me 

hath everlasting life. — John 6 :47. 



REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 43 

Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? — John 13:38. 
Xcept a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom 

of God.— John 3:3. 
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. — 

John 15:14. 
Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must 

abide at thy house. — Luke 19:5. 

Perhaps the birthday message might be a group 
of Bible "Bees," one for each year. Here are a 
few; more will doubtless come to the mind of 
the teacher. 

bible "bees" 

Be ye also ready. — Matt. 24:44. 

Be ye therefore merciful.— Luke 6:36. 

Be not faithless, but believing. — -John 20:27. 

Be not wise in your own conceits.— Rom. 12:16. 

Be ye steadfast, unmoveable. — 1 Cor. 15:58. 

Be ye therefore followers of God. — Eph. 5:1. 

Be ye not unwise. — Eph. 5:17. 

Be blameless and harmless. — Phil. 2:15. 

Be ye thankful.— Col. 3:15. 

Be not slothful.— Eom. 12:11. 

Be ye holy in all manner of conversation. — 1 Pet. 1:16. 

Be thou faithful unto death.— Rev. 2:10. 

Be watchful.— Rev. 3:2. 

Be patient. — 1 Thess. 5:14. 

Be courteous. — 1 Pet. 3:8. 

Be not overcome of evil. — Rom. 12:21. 

Be strong in the Lord.— Eph. 6:10. 

Be ye kind one to another. — Eph. 4:32. 



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Be sure your sin will find you out. — Num. 32:23. 

Be not afraid. — Matt. 17:7. 

Be thou an example. — 1 Tim. 4:12. 

The following verses are suitable for birthday 
wishes. Let one be copied on a card and either 
given on the Sunday following the birthday, or 
sent through the mail on the exact day. 

YOUR NAME DOTH LINGER 

Your name doth linger in my prayers, 

As birthdays come and go ; 
And tender pleadings rise to God, 

Which only He doth know. 

A junior's PRAYER 

Give me clean hands, clean words, and clean thoughts; 

Save me from habits that harm; 

Teach me to work as hard and play as fair in Thy sight 

alone as if all the world saw; 
Forgive me when I am unkind; and help me to forgive 

those who are unkind to me; 
Keep me ready to help others even at cost to myself; 
Send me chances to do a little good every day, and so 

grow more like Christ. 

— William DeWitt Hyde. 

GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU 
God will take care of you all through the year, 

Crowning each day with His kindness and love, 
Sending you blessings and shielding from fear, 
Leading you on to the bright home above. 

— F. E. Haver gal. 



REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 45 

A BIRTHDAY RECORD BOOK 

Of course the teacher will not attempt to do 
without a birthday record book of some sort, even 
though it be nothing more than a diary in which 
to note the favor or gift sent. Then the cards, 
letters, or whatever form the remembrances may 
take, will be arranged for in ample time and in 
the order of their using. 

Beware of forgetting a birthday! No apology 
will take away the hurt caused by the apparent 
neglect. Make it a rule to look over the book 
each Sunday, or the first of every month, and find 
out what birthdays occur during the coming week 
or month; then mark them on a calendar, which 
is kept in a prominent place. See to it that you 
are supplied not only with the necessary cards, 
but with sufficient stamps as well. "I had no 
stamps in the house," is a common but insuffi- 
cient excuse for not mailing the letter in time. 
These are little things, yet attention to them 
may mean the difference between holding or los- 
ing many of your scholars. 

FORMS OF REMEMBRANCE 

While children like cards, they love letters, and 
a nicely-worded letter, loving and affectionate, is 
always more welcome than a card. When the 
class is not large, or when the teacher has time 



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to make them, handmade souvenirs are always 
appreciated. A little painted bookmark, with the 
name, date, and birthday motto is good, particu- 
larly if a further touch of individuality is added 
by having the decorations carry out the birth- 
month flower. These are as follows 3 and may 
be used in a great variety of ways: 

BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS 



January : 


Snowdrop 


Purity. 


February: 


Primrose 


Always young. 


March : 


Violet 


Love. 


April : 


Easter Lily 


Chastity. 


May: 


Lily-of-the- Valley 


Return of happiness, 


June : 


Eose 


B«auty. 


July : 


Morning-Glory 


Joy. 


August : 


Water Lily 


Affection. 


September : 


Holly 


Consolation. 


October: 


Poppy 


Encouragement. 


November: 


Golden Eod 


Truth. 


December: 


Chrysanthemum 


Foresight. 



THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 

A birthday party is ever in order, and always 
important with Juniors. The monthly class social 
may take the form of a birthday party, those 
whose birthdays occur during the month being 
"guests of honor" and wearing some mark to dis- 
tinguish them from the others. If the "tag" be 
symbolical of the month, so much the better. For 



REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 47 

instance, a little white notebook with plain leaves 
would stand for January, the new year. Febru- 
ary might have a picture of Washington, Lincoln, 
a flag, or a valentine. March would wear a green 
rosette or a green flag, and so on through all the 
months. 

Or the monthly social might be some frolic 
suitable for the season, as a sleigh-ride in Jan- 
uary; Washington, Lincoln, or Valentine celebra- 
tion for February; a St. Patrick's party for 
March; an Easter-egg social for April. Decorate 
the soldiers' graves on Memorial Day. Celebrate 
Flag Day in June. Have a patriotic party in 
July, a basket picnic in August, a nutting party 
for September, a Hallowe'en frolic for October, 
a Pilgrim's Day party in November, and in De- 
cember a work party, at which tree-trimmings 
are made for decorating one or more Christmas- 
trees for poor children. 

Perhaps a quarterly meeting is all that can be 
attempted. In that event, those whose birthdays 
have occurred during the past three months are 
the "guests of honor." 

USING A HECTOGRAPH 

Every Junior teacher will appreciate the help 
of a duplicating apparatus. There are a number 
of manifolding machines on the market, more 



48 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

or less expensive, but one entirely satisfactory 
is the old-fashioned hectograph. Copies of all 
special work may be easily and quickly made. 
New songs, responsive readings, Bible references, 
birthday greetings, and everything of this nature 
can be prepared and a copy given to each pupil 
whenever something new is being introduced. 
When a pupil enters the class he can have copies 
of the various exercises which the others already 
know, and thus be given an opportunity to take 
part in every service until the work is memorized. 

The expense need not keep any worker from 
having one, as a good practical hectograph may 
be made for from forty to fifty cents — the exact 
cost depending upon the style of pan used. A 
tin cake-pan, an inch deep and about eight by 
twelve inches, may be bought for ten cents, or 
an enameled one for a little more. A bottle of 
purple hectograph ink will cost twenty cents. 
The other ingredients cost about ten cents addi- 
tional. 

Soak four ounces of white glue over night in 
eight ounces of water. Use a double boiler, as 
direct heat decomposes the materials, and thor- 
ough amalgamation without cooking is necessary. 
Add slowly to the melted glue sixteen ounces of 
glycerine, and when thoroughly melted add a 
few drops of carbolic acid. This will prevent the 
mixture from becoming moldv. Stir with a 



REMEMBERING THE BIRTHDAYS 40 

spoon while melting, and keep plenty of hot water 
in the lower kettle. Pour carefully into the pan, 
and be sure that it is entirely free from air bub- 
bles. Do not scrape the pan ; let the mixture run 
out slowly. Have the pan on a level surface, and 
do not handle until cold. The surface will then 
be smooth and firm. 

Make the original copy very carefully, using 
the hectograph ink and a stub pen. Use a hard 
finished paper that will not absorb much of the 
ink, and let every stroke show the metallic luster. 
Do not blot the copy. When it is dry lay the 
paper face down on the hectograph and rub uni- 
formly with the hand. It should remain on the 
hectograph for several minutes. A soft, smooth 
paper is best for the copies ; one that will absorb 
the ink. Lay the paper over the impression and 
smooth it gently with the hand. Sometimes as 
many as a hundred copies may be had from one 
impression. Be very careful not to injure the 
face of the hectograph in removing the paper. 
For this reason it is better to keep one corner 
off the plate. 

After using, flood the surface with a little 
warm water, and sponge it very carefully with 
a soft cloth. Pour off the water and sponge again 
to absorb all the moisture. The ink will grad- 
ually be absorbed and the hectograph again ready 
for use. If for any reason the surface should 



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become scratched, the hectograph will have to be 
melted. Place the pan over boiling water and 
allow the contents to melt, but do not stir it. 

Keep the hectograph in a cool place when not 
in use, but it works better when a little warm. 
Be sure to protect it from the dust if yon want 
nice, clear copies. 

It is so easy a matter to get a number of copies 
of anything with a simple hectograph such as 
this, that every teacher ought to have one. 



CHAPTER VII 
SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 

The Juniors are capable of much memory 
work and should be encouraged in every way to 
store their minds with Bible facts and truths. We 
should heed the command God gives in so many 
places and in so many forms, regarding Bible 
truths, "Thou shalt teach them diligently unto 
thy children." These messages will surely be re- 
membered in after years, and will be a source of 
comfort and strength in time of trial and tempta- 
tion. Just as Christ used the "sword of the Spirit, 
which is the word of God" in answering the 
tempter, so our boys and girls should be equipped 
with this part of the Christian's armor, and taught 
how to thrust at the enemy with truths from 
God's Word. 

But it is not alone Bible texts that they need. 
We must so present biblical facts and history that 
their interest in the Bible as a book of wonderful 
things will be aroused. We must set them to 
searching the Scriptures to discover its truths for 
themselves. 

When they leave the department the Juniors 
should be able to locate, by verse, chapter, and 

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book, much of the memory work they have studied. 

Where the Graded Lessons are used, a good 
supply of suitable memory work is available. In 
connection with the Uniform International Les- 
sons, the International Sunday-School Association 
gives a course of graded supplemental lessons cov- 
ering the four }^ear-s of the Junior period. The 
lessons are so arranged that there is a definite 
amount to be done each quarter, and there are 
suggestions for extra memorization. Copies of 
these lessons may be had in leaflet form from your 
state elementary superintendent. For convenience 
they are printed in full as an appendix on page 
134. 

The following may also be used as supplemental 
work : 

VERSES OjST GOD'S WORD 

1. Thy word is a lamp uiito my feet, and a light 
unto my path.— Ps. 119:105. 

2. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might 
not sin against thee. — Ps f 119:11. 

3. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth 
understanding unto the simple. — Ps. 119:130. 

4. Thy word is very pure. — Ps. 119:140. 

5. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the 
word of our God shall stand for ever. — Isa. 40:8. 

6. Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and 
keep it. — Luke 11:28. 

7. The word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any two-edged sword. — Heb. 4:12. 



SUPPLEMENTAL LES80N& 53 

8. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words 
shall not pass away. — Mark 13 : 31. 

9. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.— 
Jas. 1 : 22. 

10. Thy word is true from the beginning. — Ps. 
119:160. 

THE BIBLE 

The Bible is a precious gift 

God sent to be our guide; 
It shows us how to live each day, 

It draws us to His side. 

Holy Bible, book divine, 

Precious treasure, thou art mine; 

Mine to tell me whence I came, 
Mine to teach me what I am, 

Mine to tell of joys to come, 

Light and life beyond the tomb; 

Holy Bible, book divine, 

Precious treasure, thou art mine. 

BIBLE DRILL 

This is only suggestive and given as an ex- 
ample of rapid drill-work. Wot more than three 
to five minutes should be spent on it. Teacher, 
holding up Bible: 

What book is this! The Bible. 

What else do we call it? The Word of God. 

What is the first verse in the Bible? "In the begin- 
ning God created the heaven and the earth." 

What is the last verse? "The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen." 



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How is the Bible divided? Into two parts, the Old 
and the New Testaments. 

How many books in the whole Bible? 66. 

How many in the Old Testament? 39. 

How many in the New Testament? 27. 

How are the books of the Old Testament divided? 
Into five groups: books of Law, History, Poetry, Major 
Prophets, Minor Prophets. 

How many books of Law? 5: Genesis, Exodus, 
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. 

How many books of History? 12: Joshua, Judges, 
Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chron- 
icles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. 

How many books of Poetry? 6: Job, Psalms, 
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations. 

How many books of Major Prophets? 4: Isaiah, 
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel. 

How many books of Minor Prophets? 12: Hosea, 
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, 
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. 

How are the books of the New Testament divided? 
Into five groups: books of Biography, History, Pauline 
Epistles, General Epistles, Prophecy. 

How many books of Biography? 4: Matthew, Mark, 
Luke, John. 

How many books of History? 1: Acts. 

How many Pauline Epistles? 13: Romans, 1 Corin- 
thians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, 
Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 
2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon. (Hebrews, author 
uncertain. ) 

How many General Epistles? 7: James, 1 Peter, 2 
Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude. 

How many books of Prophecy? 1: Revelation. 



SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 55 

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 

The following simple exercise is commonly used 
in teaching the number of books in the Bible: 

The leader stands in front of the blackboard and 
asks, "How many letters in the word 'Old'?" The answer, 
"3," is written on the board. Again she asks, "How 
many letters in the word 'Testament' V and places the 
figure 9 after the 3, making 39, the number of books in 
the Old Testament. The leader then asks, "How many 
are three times nine?" and places the answer, 27, directly 
underneath the figures already on the board. This gives 
the number of New Testament books. By adding these 
two numbers together, the total number of books in the 
Bible, 66, is found. 

NAMES OF THE APOSTLES 

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: 
The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the 
publican; James, the son of Alphseus, and Lebbseus, 
whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, 
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. — Matt. 
10: 2-4. 

A YEAR WITH PROVERBS 

One to be learned each month. These may be 
written on the blackboard and repeated each Sun- 
day for a month, or may be stenciled on muslin 
or on heavy paper and kept for future use. 
January. Good name proverb: A good name is rather 
to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor 
rather than silver and gold. — Prov. 22: 1. 



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February. Wise son proverb: A wise son maketh a 

glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness 

of his mother. — Prov. 10:1. 
March. Temptation proverb : My son, if sinners entice 

thee, consent thou not. — Prov. 1 : 10. 
April. Character proverb: Even a child is known 

by his doings, whether his work be pure, and 

whether it be right. — Prov. 20:11. 
May. Contentment proverb: Better is little with the 

fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble 

therewith. — Prov. 15:16. 
June. Temperance proverb: Wine is a mocker, strong 

drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby 

is not wise. — Prov. 20:1. 
July. Pride proverb: Pride goeth before destruction, 

and a haughty spirit before a fall. — Prov. 16: 18. 
August. Lying lips proverb: Lying lips are abomina- 
tion to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his 

delight.— Prov. 12:22. 
September. Friendly proverb: A man that hath 

friends must shew himself friendly: and there is 

a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. — 

Prov. 18:24. 
October. Soft answer proverb: A soft answer turneth 

away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — 

Prov. 15:1. 
November. Self-control proverb: He that is slow to 

anger is better than the mighty; and he that 

ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. — 

Prov. 16:32. 
December. Wisdom proverb: Wisdom is the principal 

thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy 

getting, get understanding. — Prov. 4:7. 



SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 57 

DRILL IN RAPID REFERENCE FINDING 

The leader gives out two references at a time, 
one a prayer and one a promise. The boys look 
for the one, while the girls find the other. Then 
the prayer is read, followed by the promise. As 
many groups may be used as there is time for. 
Each is complete in itself. 

Prayer: O God, thou art my God; early will I seek 

thee.— Ps. 63:1. 
Promise: Those that seek me early shall find me. — 

Prov. 8:17. 
Prayer: O Lord, . . . remember me, and visit me. — 

Jer. 15:15. 
Promise: I will visit you, and perform my good word 

toward you. — Jer. 29:10. 
Prayer: Hear my prayer, O Lord. — Ps. 143:1. 
Promise: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he 

shall hear thee.— Job 22:27. 
Prayer: Lord, be thou my helper. — Ps. 30:10. 
Promise: I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, 

saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. — 

Isa. 41:13. 
Prayer: O Lord God . . . prosper my way which I 

go.— Gen. 24:42. 
Promise: The Lord . . . will send his angel, and 

prosper thy way.— Gen. 24:40, 
Prayer: Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach us thy 

paths.— Ps. 25:4. 
Promise: He will teach us of his ways, and we will 

walk in his paths. — Mic. 4:2. 
Prayer: Save thy people, . . . feed them also and 

lift them up for ever. — Ps. 28:9. 



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Promise: Trust in the Lord, and do good, . . . and 

verily thou shalt be fed. — Ps. 37:3. 
Prayer: Preserve me, O God. — Ps. 16:1. 
Promise: The Lord shall preserve thy going out and 

thy coming in from this time forth, and even for 

evermore. — Ps. 121:8. 

A TEST IN RAPID REFERENCE WORK 

The name of the person referred to may be 
written on the blackboard when the reference is 
found and read. 

A was a monarch who reigned in the East, Esther 1 : 1. 

B was a Chaldee who made a great feast, Dan. 5 : 1-4. 

C was veracious when others told lies, Num. 13:30-33. 

D was a woman, heroic and wise, Judg. 4:4-14. 

B was a refuge where David spared Saul, 1 Sam. 24:1-7. 

F was a Boman, accuser of Paul, Acts 26:24. 

G was a garden, a favorite resort, Matt. 26:36. 

H was a city where David held court, 2 Sam. 2:11. 

I was a mocker, a very bad boy, Gen. 16 : 16. 

J was a city, preferred as a joy, Ps. 137:6. 

K was a father, whose son was quite tall, 1 Sam. 9:1, 2. 

Ij was a proud one, who had a great fall, Isa. 14 : 12. 

M was a nephew, whose uncle was good, Col. 4:10. 

N was a city, long hid where it stood, Zeph. 2:13. 

O was a servant, acknowledged a brother, Philemon 1 : 16. 

P was a Christian, greeting another, 2 Tim. 1:1, 2. 

R was a damsel who knew Peter's voice, Acts 12:13, 14. 

S was a sovereign who made a bad choice, 1 Kings 11. 

T was a seaport, where preaching was long, Acts 20:6, 7. 

U was a teamster, struck dead for his wrong, 2 Sam. 6 : 7. 

V was a cast-off, and never restored, Esther 1 : 19. 

Z was a ruin with sorrow deplored, Ps. 137:1. 



CHAPTER VIII 
MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 

To whom is God looking to carry on the work 
in his vineyard in the future ? Where will he get 
his missionaries ten, twenty, thirty years from 
now? Who will then be ready to take the place 
of those now on the field, and to do also the in- 
creased work which will be demanded ? Will there 
be anyone ready, or must the many mission sta- 
tions be closed because of lack of workers ? From 
the ranks of the boys and girls of today will come 
the missionaries of a decade or more hence. What 
shall we do to prepare them for this great respon- 
sibility ? 

As Junior workers we have a great opportunity 
to develop missionaries. Someone has said that 
there are five steps leading to missionary service. 
"The first is "knowledge; the second, interest that 
deepens into genuine love; the third, an awaken- 
ing sense of 'personal responsibility ; the fourth, 
God's call to the soul ; the fifth, I will." The 
characteristics of a Junior make this a splendid 
time to start mounting such a stairway. It is 
the "golden memory period," when facts are read- 
ily learned; the hero-worshiping age, when stories 

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of missionaries will be eagerly listened to and a 
longing to imitate their deeds will be aroused; 
the activity period, when they enjoy doing things 
for others; the habit-forming period, when the 
habit of contributing to the cause of missions is 
acquired. It is not enough to present merely 
the work of today; our aim should be to create 
permanent impressions that will bear fruit all 
through the lifetime of our scholars. 

In order to interest the boys and girls in this 
subject, we must be interested ourselves. "Let 
him who would move and convince others be first 
moved and convinced himself." 

It is not necessary to lay particular emphasis 
on the giving side of missions. If your boys and 
girls are interested, and this interest is kept con- 
stantly alive and not aroused spasmodically, you 
will not have to keep urging them to contribute. 
As has been said, our Juniors need to study mis- 
sions : first, because of the influence on their own 
lives, for ""early contact with the heroes of the 
Cross broadens the sympathies, engenders useful- 
ness, and helps to lay the foundation of a broad 
Christian character"; and, second, for the sake 
of the missionary enterprise of the future, because 
"only a missionary education will prepare the chil- 
dren of today rightly to dispense the wealth of 
the Church of tomorrow, and to furnish adequate 
recruits for the missionary army needed to 



MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 61 

evangelize the world; for the life-long attachment 
to missions begins not at mature years but with 
the tender heart of childhood." 

SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING MISSIONS 

A homemade map of the country that is studied 
is superior to any ready-made. More interest is 
taken in a thing which one helps to create. Have 
some boy or girl draw a large outline map on a 
sheet of heavy paper or muslin. Then, on suc- 
cessive Sundays fill in the mountain ranges, rivers, 
etc., and locate the chief cities and mission sta- 
tions. Gold stars or the tiny picture of a church 
may represent the stations. On the margin write 
the names of your denominational missionaries 
who are working in that country, with the names 
of the stations; also whatever information con- 
cerning their families you may have — number and 
names of children and other items of interest. 
If you have pictures of these missionaries, their 
converts, or any of the buildings which they oc- 
cupy, add these. Such pictures may sometimes 
be found in missionary magazines. 

Let the Juniors take a journey and visit these 
mission stations. Fasten a collar-button or a 
strong pin to each place, and then, with narrow 
ribbon or colored thread, go from point to point, 
tracing the route by this means. 

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62 > ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

Junior age the best point of contact is activity. 
Keep this fact in mind and present the everyday 
life of the missionaries. 

For a special meeting a souvenir program to 
carry home will help enforce the thought of the 
day. Should the topic he Japan, the program 
might be written on a card and fastened to the 
handle of a tiny paper umbrella. For China, 
write the program on a little fan or kite. Treat 
each country in some such way. Small paper or 
muslin flags of all nations may be purchased at 
very little cost. These may be combined with 
the programs with good effect. 

Another way is to outline, on one corner of the 
program, a tiny flag of the country studied and 
have the boys and girls color it, following the pat- 
tern of a large flag held before them. Or can- 
celed postage stamps of the country under dis- 
cussion might be obtained and one pasted to each 
program. . 

A cabinet of objects taken from mission-fields 
should be in every Junior room as a part of the 
class equipment. The size of the cabinet will be 
determined by the place it will occupy and the 
number of things you have to put into it. The 
collection should be growing all the time. Start 
with the first thing that comes to you — it may 
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MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 63 

India — but with that as a nucleus your collection 
will grow if you let your wants be known. 

Before taking up the study of a new country, 
try to secure some curio — perhaps a stamp or a 
coin- — from the place. To see and handle some- 
thing which has actually come from the new field 
will make it more real. 

Composite pictures of each field may be used 
to advantage. Take a large sheet of heavy paper 
or cardboard and paste upon it small pictures of 
scenery, temples, animals, people, mission-schools, 
idols, missionaries, etc. Let the boys and girls 
bring the pictures. As you study it, treat each 
field in the same way. Hang the finished picture 
on the wall. 

Picture post cards of almost every country may 
be readily obtained. Write to the American Sun- 
day-School Union or your denominational board 
about them. They may be used in many ways. 
One is to write the program of the meeting on the 
back, the card to be retained as a souvenir. 

A Junior class that had no separate meeting- 
place held its own session behind a screen, and 
used one leaf of it to hold missionary pictures. 

Our boys and girls always welcome something 
to do. Have a missionary social and make scrap- 
books or post-card folders for some foreign school. 
The Department for "Utilizing Surplus Material, 



64 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

of the World's- Sunday-School Association, tells 
how to make them: 

"For a scrap-book take any stiff paper, say 17 
x 11 inches; use four sheets. Fold in the center 
and stitch. Then paste pictures on the sixteen 
pages. Get Bible pictures and pictures typical 
of America and its customs. Use a picture of a 
church, a home, children, children at play, a rail- 
road engine, etc. Fill one page with canceled 
IT. S. postage stamps. Do not write in the book; 
otherwise it will require letter postage. Have a 
missionary social and ask everybody to bring the 
materials, and then make the books during the 
afternoon. It will afford you a good, as well as 
a profitable, time, to say nothing of the great help 
to the missionary in his work and the joy of each 
recipient who will possess one of your scrap-books. 
Many of these scrap-books are now on their way 
to Sunday-schools and hospitals in foreign mission- 
fields. 

"Post cards are in every home in quantity. These 
cannot be sent as they are through the mail (be- 
cause of the writing on them) without paying first- 
class postage. To send them at the rate of two 
ounces for one cent, follow this plan: Take a 
yard of baby or other narrow ribbon or wrapping 
tape. Cut it in two. Use post cards having writ- 
ing only on the address side. String the cards 
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MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 65 

and the ribbons widthwise of the cards, between 
the two writing-faces and about one inch from 
the outer edge of the cards. One yard of ribbon 
will hold six pairs of cards. The distance between 
each pair will be about one-sixteenth of an inch. 
When not in use the cards can be folded together 
or hung by a loop at the upper end of the top card. 
These bound cards will be eagerly received at any 
hospital or school abroad." 

If you care for this practical work, write to 
the superintendent of this department at 216 
Metropolitan Tower, New York City, the head- 
quarters of the American Section of the World's 
Sunday-School Association. Be particular to in- 
dicate your denomination, or ask for some inter- 
denominational work. He will then send you the 
name of a missionary, to whom you can send the 
things direct. In writing the superintendent, it 
will be appreciated if you enclose a stamp for 
reply. 

Have the scrap-books or other things which the 
Juniors prepare for a mission-box on exhibition 
before the entire school or congregation, before 
the box is sent away. This will be a fine object 
lesson to the older people. 

"We remember nine-tenths of what we do," 
educators tell us, so have the Juniors keep note- 
books on the different countries as studied. These 
may be made on the same general plan as the 



66 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

scrap-books described for hospital or mission use. 
Paste a small flag on the cover, and let each illus- 
trate his book with suitable pictures. 

Some mission-schools request patches for the 
girls to sew. Have the boys and girls prepare 
these, the boys cutting the pieces out and the girls 
basting them together. While the work is going 
on, have someone read aloud a bright missionary 
story. 

One teacher used to good purpose a Cradle Eoll 
of many nations. For this, cut a large heart 
about twelve inches across; then suspend from 
around the edges with narrow ribbon many smaller 
hearts, about two inches across. Have the chil- 
dren bring pictures of any foreign babies they may 
find, and paste these to the small hearts. An op- 
portunity is given for a brief missionary talk 
whenever a new baby is added to the heart roll. 

It will also be found exceedingly profitable to 
have each Junior make a map for himself of the 
country as studied. He is accustomed to drawing 
maps in day-school, so the work will not be new 
or difficult. Then, as a station is talked of, it is 
located on the map and designated in some way, 
with a star or a tiny picture, or by a colored 
crayon. If the maps are drawn on cardboard, the 
back may be used for pictures and notes; or the 
maps may be drawn in the notebooks. 



MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 67 

An occasional good, stirring siereopticon mis- 
sionary lecture is a means of arousing interest. 

A missionary atmosphere is more easily created 
where suitable decorations are used. Flags, pic- 
tures, mottoes, pennants, may be employed to good 
advantage. 

A missionary poster is a large banner of rather 
heavy material, having a rod at top and bottom, 
to which pictures and curios illustrating some one 
phase or field of work are fastened. The Juniors 
take an interest in making such posters, and they 
may be displayed to advantage around the walls 
of the Sunday-school room. 

When one class was studying mountaineer work 
in the South, the subject was illustrated by a log- 
cabin built of clothes-pins, with clothes-pins 
dressed to represent the different members of the 
family. This object lesson created a more lasting 
impression than many plain, unillustrated talks 
w r ould have done. 

Missionary literature. — Subscribe for the juve- 
nile missionary magazine of your denomination. 
Every boy and girl should have a copy, but if this 
does not seem possible, get one or more copies 
and keep them in circulation, each paper to be 
kept a week and then returned. The one return- 
ing it should tell the class, in his own words, some 
fact that he has learned. 

Have a missionary leaflet library and keep it 



68 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

in circulation. Each leaflet may be loaned for a 
week. Bright, pithy stories are given in these 
leaflets, and they cost only a trifle. Apply to 
your own denominational board for them. 

The Juvenile Missionary Library prepared by 
the Young People's Missionary Movement (price, 
$5.00 for 10 volumes) would interest the boys and 
girls. The books might be added to the regular 
Sunday-school library, or be purchased by the 
Juniors themselves. No one need question whether 
the books will be read. They are of the fascinating 
order that appeals to this age. 

Vary the program. Never have two just alike. 
Each should be as different from any other as are 
the countries studied. 

Explain over and over again how the money 
goes from your class or school through the differ- 
ent Boards to the mission-field. 

Occasionally take a "bird's-eye view of the 
world." Have a boy or girl give very briefly one 
definite item of information concerning the work 
in each country: Africa, Turkey, China, Japan, 
Korea, India, etc., displaying a picture or a curio 
from that place. In this way a long journey can 
be taken in five minutes. 

Recitations and special songs help out the mis- 
sionary lesson. Find a favorite hymn or Scripture 
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MISSIONS IN THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT 69 

life was spent on the field you are studying, and 
have the Juniors memorize it. 

In missionary work with boys and girls of this 
age, two of the best points of contact are heroism 
and conflict. Let this be borne in mind when 
selecting songs, illustrations, etc. 

Learn to sing from memory some choice mis- 
sionary hymns, such as, "Onward, Christian Sol- 
diers/ 5 "The Son of God Goes Forth to War/' etc. 
Teach many of the Bible verses on missions. 

A temperance missionary story may be told with 
profit. Show how alcohol and narcotics sent by the 
white men are working fearful destruction among 
Chinese, Japanese, Africans, and others, as well 
as among those in our own country — the immi- 
grants, Indians, and Negroes. 

A good exercise to use sometime when the boys 
and girls are unusually restless, is Flag Guessing. 
The flags of various nations are displayed and the 
class tells what country they stand for, adding, 
perhaps, an item of missionary news as to what is 
being done in that particular country. 

If possible, let the Juniors iaJce the support of 
a child in some mission-field. This makes the 
work very real to them. Then every Sunday may 
be Missionary Sunday because a few minutes are 
spent in speaking of the "absent member" of the 



CHAPTER IX 

EXERCISES FOR VARYING THE 
MISSIONARY PROGRAM 

A CATECHISM 

Teacher: What promise of success in mission-work 

have we? 
Class : They shall come from the east, and the west, and 

from the north, and the south, and shall sit down 

in the kingdom of God. — Luke 13: 29. 
Teacher: Is distance any hindrance to God? 
Class: He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, 

and from the river unto the ends of the earth. — 

Ps. 72:8. 
Teacher: What is our share, individually, in the work? 
Class: In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening 

withhold not thy hand. — Eccles. 11:6. 
Teacher: What is the seed to he sown? 
Class: The seed is the word of God. — Luke 8: 11. 
Teacher: And how shall they believe in him of whom 

they have not heard? and how shall they hear 

without a preacher? — Rom. 10: 14. 
Class: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel 

to every creature. — Mark 16: 15. 

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IDOLS AND THE 
ONLY TRUE GOD 

Teacher: What are the heathen gods like? 
Girls: The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the 
work of men's hands. — Ps. 135:15. 

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Boys: They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes 
have they, but they see not.— Ps. 135:16. 

Girls: They have ears, but they hear not; neither is 
there any breath in their mouths. — Ps. 135 : 17. 

Boys: They that make them are like unto them: so is 
every one that trusteth in them. — Ps. 135:18. 

Teacher: Men are saved because 

All: God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. — 
John 3:16. 

TWO RESPONSIVE READINGS 

Teacher: Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the 
people praise thee. — Ps. 67:3. 

Boys: O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for 
thou shalt judge the people righteously, and 
govern the nations upon earth. — Ps. 67:4. 

Girls: For the Son of man is come to seek and to save 
that which was lost. — -Luke 19 : 10. 

All: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have commanded you; 
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end 
of the world.— Matt. 28:19, 20. 

Teacher: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.— 
Ps. 33:12. 

Pupils: praise the Lord, all ye nations; praise him, 
all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great 
toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth 
for ever. Praise ye the Lord. — Ps. 117. 



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All: God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. — 
John 3:16. 

HOW AND WHEN CHRIST WAS A MISSIONARY 

Christ was a home missionary in the home of Lazarus. 

Christ was a foreign missionary when the Greeks came 
to him. 

Christ was a city missionary when he taught in 
Samaria. 

Christ was a Sunday-school missionary when he opened 
up the Scriptures and set man to diligently studying the 
Word of God. 

Christ was a children's missionary when he took them 
in his arms and blessed them. 

Christ was a missionary to the poor when he opened 
the eyes of the blind beggar. 

Christ was a missionary to the rich when he opened 
the spiritual eyes of Zacchseus. 

Even on the cross Christ was a missionary to the 
robber, and his last command was the missionary com- 
mission. 

DIFFERENT METHODS OF GIVING 

Superintendent: Before the missionaries can "go into all 
the world/' there must be generous giving on the 
part of Christ's children. How will you give to 
help send the good news to your little brothers 
and sisters in other lands? 
"Responses : 

I will give cheerfully. "For God loveth a cheerful 
giver." 



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I will give heartily. "And whatsoever ye do, do 
it heartily as to the Lord." 

I will give without show. "When thou doest 
alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
hand doeth." 

I will give with sacrifice. "Neither will I offer 
unto the Lord of that which doth cost me nothing." 

I will give as I have received. "Freely ye have 
received, freely give." — From Missionary Gems for 
Juniors. 

FIVE WAYS OF GIVING 

The careless way — To give without knowing what the 

gift is for. 
The impulsive way — To give only when some sad story 

is told. 
The indirect way — To get money for missionary objects 

by fairs or festivals. 
The self-denying way — To do without something we 

desire and give the money we save. 
The systematic way — To give a certain share of all the 

money we get. 

AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MISSIONARY TEXTS 

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine 

inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth 

for thy possession. — Ps. 2 : 8. 
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. — Mai. 3:10. 
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it 

after many days. — Eccles. 11:1. 
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among 

all people.— Ps. 96:3. 
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his 

courts with praise. — Ps. 100:4. 



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For thou, O Lord, . . . art exalted far above all 

gods.— Ps. 97:9. 
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every 

creature. — Mark 16 : 15. 
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from 

the river unto the ends of the earth. — Ps. 72:8. 
In that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee. — 

Isa. 12:1. 
Jesus . . . said . . . Suffer the little children 

to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such 

is the kingdom of God. — Mark 10:14. 
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people 

renew their strength. — Isa. 41 : 1. 
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. — 1 John 5:21. 
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth. — Ps. 

98:4. 
No good thing will he withhold from them that walk 

uprightly.— Ps. 84:11. 
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of per- 
sons. — Acts 10:34. 
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon 

stretch out her hands unto God. — Ps. 68:31. 
Quench not the Spirit. — 1 Thess. 5:19. 
Render . . . unto God the things that are God's. — 

Matt 22:21. 
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh 

harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your 

eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white 

already to harvest. — John 4:35. 
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — Exod. 20:3. 
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in 

the heavens. — Ps. 123 : 1. 
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it 

unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye 

have done it unto me. — Matt. 25:40. 



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Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be 

saved.— Acts 2:21. 
Xcept the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but 

in vain. — Ps. 127:1. 
Yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. — 

Ps. 144:15. 
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts 

with righteousness. — Isa. 1: 27. — Missionary Gems. 

A MISSIONARY PRAYER 

Heavenly Father, as we pray 
For the heathen far away, 
Fill our hearts with earnest prayer 
For the many children there. 

Jesus, we, a little band, 
Would obey the great command, 
Send them news of Christ, our King, 
By the offering we now bring. 

May the Juniors everywhere 
Join with us in praise and prayer; 
And the Saviour we have found 
Be adored the world around. 

AN OFFERING PRAYER VERSE 

May we our offerings gladly bring 
To spread the news of Christ, our King. 
Till everyone shall hear the call, 
And crown the Saviour Lord of all. 

KING ASA'S PRAYER 
(Every Junior should memorize this.) 
Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with 
many, or with them that have no power: help us, O 



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Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we 
go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; 
let not man prevail against thee. — 2 Chron. 14:11. 

A MISSIONARY OFFERING SONG OUR GIFTS 

(Tune: "America.") 
Again we hear the call 
Which comes to one and all, 

Our gifts to bring; 
; Tis little we can do, 
But with a purpose true, 
We pledge our faith anew 

To Christ our King. 

We owe Him grateful praise 
For love which crowns our days 

With happiness ; 
So to His feet we bring 
Each free-will offering, 
While songs of praise we sing, 

His name to bless. 

—From Missionary Gems. 



CHAPTER X 

TRAINING IN TEMPERANCE 

Frances B. Willard introduced into the day- 
schools of the country the teaching of the effects 
of alcohol, and when the boys who first studied 
it became voters, the map changed color ; counties 
and states began to "go dry." This good work is 
still going on, but the opposing forces are also 
busy trying to counteract it, and enticing nets of 
all sorts are thrown out to catch the young boy 
and girl. A temperance lecturer declares : "Child- 
hood is the period when the temperance impulse 
is most surely and permanently awakened. Out 
of one hundred and two temperance leaders in our 
land, fifty-six testified that they had received the 
permanent impulse of temperance effort before the 
age of ten years." It is through the child that 
we must hope to accomplish temperance reform. 
Therefore, instruct him in his youth. "Ephraim 
is joined to idols : let him alone." The old drunken 
vagabond ought not to monopolize time which of 
right belongs to the young and as yet innocent 
child. Lay a good temperance foundation by 
teaching the boys and girls temperance truths be- 
fore the evil days come upon them. 

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78 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

Make all temperance teaching so interesting that 
the facts will stick in the memory, and be of 
help in time of temptation. And we are to teach 
not only total abstinence in regard to the use of 
intoxicating drink, but self-control along all lines. 
We are to teach purity of life and lips, the sur- 
render of everything which tends to impair or 
destroy the desire and ability to render uplifting 
service to God, to country, to neighbor, to self. 
Our boys — and girls, too, perhaps — of today will 
be the voters of tomorrow. With this in mincl 
we should not fail to find the temperance point 
lesson by lesson, and so to instruct them in this 
habit-clinching period of their lives that no 
assent to anything but personal purity, total ab- 
stinence, and "the saloon must go" will ever be 
possible. Do not neglect to impress the teachings 
of the Bible about temperance. God's Word will 
have more weight with the boy and girl than any- 
thing man has said. 

Where scientific temperance teaching is given 
in the public schools, the Junior teacher's task is 
easier. It would be well for her to acquaint her- 
self with what is being done along this line and 
on Sunday to enforce this instruction with biblical 
statements. Mrs. Zillah Poster Stevens said: "It 
is of the utmost importance that children un- 
derstand the teaching of God's Word on this sub- 
ject. The temperance teaching of the public 



TRAINING IN TEMPERANCE 79 

schools — directed to the mind — is efficient, but not 
sufficient. Complete temperance teaching must ap- 
peal, with God's truth, to the mind, the heart, the 
conscience, and the will." 

Someone has said, "Whatever you would find in 
the Christian life of tomorrow, you must build 
into the child-life of today." Marion Lawrance 
goes further when he says that temperance teach- 
ing "consists in a process of education that will 
lead the boys and girls to desire a purity of life 
which can be had only through temperance, and 
to commit themselves to stand definitely and 
firmly against the liquor business." 

Our time is so very limited; how can we do 
this? One worker says "through facts, facts, 
facts! We must use up-to-date temperance facts 
and have these presented in an enthusiastic, posi- 
tive manner. 'A knowledge of facts changes in- 
difference to interest and active effort/ " But re- 
member that the mind of the average child cannot 
digest the great truths you wish to present if given 
in too large measures. Follow the suggestion of 
Isaiah, "here a little, and there a little." Per- 
sistent teaching, "precept upon precept, line upon 
line," will surely bring results. 

SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING TEMPERANCE 

Present temperance facts through the eye-gate* 
The Juniors are great readers. Keep some good 



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temperance stoiy-books in circulation among them. 
A scrap-book of poems and prose selections is al- 
ways welcomed. Let this be a progressive book — 
each reader being required to add a new clipping. 
Have the boys and girls look for these in maga- 
zines and newspapers, and paste the items into the 
book during the temperance exercise on Sunday. 

A bulletin board on which are displayed effective 
temperance cartoons, charts, pictures, or news- 
items is one way of keeping the subject before 
the boys and girls. 

Keep a down-to-date "wet and dry" map of the 
United States hanging on the wall. Frequent 
reference to it helps to create an enthusiastic tem- 
perance atmosphere. 

Demonstrate how alcohol acts upon the tissues 
of the body by placing an uncooked egg in a glass, 
and then pouring alcohol over it and noticing the 
results. 

Have you ever used a picture of a modern ath- 
lete or a Roman runner or wrestler, to impress 
a lesson of self-control and total abstinence ? These 
men had to be temperate in all things in order 
to keep their bodies in the very best condition. 

Have all the boys serve on the temperance com- 
mittee. They should prepare the regular temper- 
ance program, and each week give some up-to- 
date temperance fact. 

Short essays may be written by the Juniors on 



TRAINING IN TEMPERANCE 81 

such topics as alcohol, tobacco, reasons for pledge- 
signing, benefits of abstinence, etc., and read be- 
fore the class during the temperance exercises, 
or on Temperance Sunday. Once in a while try 
a bright, snappy drill on Bible temperance texts. 
An occasional bright recitation by a boy or girl 
will bring home a new temperance thought. 

Pay special attention to music. A good, rous- 
ing temperance song will stick in the memory of 
the boy or girl, and may be a safeguard in some 
moment of temptation. 

Do not always paint the blacTc side of intemper- 
ance. Eather make a point of presenting the many 
encouraging features of the temperance cause. 

Provide special decorations for every temper- 
ance service. Mottoes, banners, pennants, pictures 
of noted workers, flags, etc., may be used. 

Subscribe for at least one good temperance 
paper, and study it carefully. A monthly juvenile 
temperance paper, or your regular state organ, is 
a good thing for the Juniors to take into their 
homes. Use the most available biblical material. 

Use pledge-cards, and make much of pledge- 
signing. Attach a ribbon loop to the pledge-card 
which the Junior keeps for his own, and ask that 
it be hung somewhere in the home in plain sight 
where it can be seen every day. 

Emphasize the thought that temperance is true 
patriotism. Also that every boy may be either 



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a king or a slave — a king of himself, or a slave 
to evil habits. Children instinctively admire the 
nobility of kingship. 

Whatever form of pledge you adopt, have it fre- 
quently recited in concert. The constant repeti- 
tion of the pledge is a means of fixing it in the 
heart and mind of the boy and girl. Each Tem- 
perance Sunday have recruits solicited as pledge- 
signers. 

Be sure to keep some permanent record of the 
names of pledge-signers. A roll of honor, a wall- 
pledge, or a record-book is suitable. In many 
schoolrooms duplicate signed pledge-cards are 
strung on strong twine and festooned across a wall. 



CHAPTER XI 
TEMPERANCE PLEDGES 

The Temperance pledge adopted by the Inter- 
national Sunday-School Association is as follows: 



That I may give my best service to God and 
my fellowmen, I pledge myself and promise 
God never to use intoxicating liquors as a 
drink, and to do all I can to end the drink 
habit and the liquor traffic. 



This is the Anti-Cigarette pledge adopted by the 
International Sunday-School Association: 



In the Cause of 
Freedom from Enslaving Habits 

for the Sake of 
Strength and Purity of Character 

I pledge myself to abstain from the use of 
cigarettes, and to do all I can to end the cig- 
arette habit among others. 



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84 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 



Miss Willard's Pledge for Boys: 
God helping, 
I promise not to buy, drink, sell, or give 
Intoxicating liquors while I live. 
From all tobacco I'll abstain, 
And never take God's name in vain. 



A Junior Temperance Pledge 
I hereby promise that I will not drink wine, 
cider, beer, or any kind of alcoholic drinks as 
a beverage; thai I will not use tobacco; that I 
will not take God's name in vain; and that I 
will ask God's help to keep this pledge. 



TWO TEMPERANCE PLEDGES 
(These may be memorized and recited in concert.) 
We Will Not 
Strong Brink: 

We will not buy, we will not make, 
We will not use, we will not take, 
Wine, cider, beer, rum, whiskey, gin, 
Because they lead mankind to sin. 

Tobacco: 

We will not smoke the smoker's pets, 
Those little things called "cigarettes"; 
We will not snuff, we will not chew, 
Or use tobacco, though others do. 



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Profanity: 

We will not curse, though many dare 
Open their lips to curse and swear; 
Prom unclean words we will abstain; 
We will not take God's name in vain. 

My Body 

1. My body is a temple, 

2. To God it does belong, 

He bids me keep it for His use, 

3. He wants it pure and strong. 
The things that harm my body 
I must not use at all. 
Tobacco is one hurtful thing, 
Another, Alcohol. 

4. Into my mouth they shall not go; 

5. When tempted I will answer, "No," 
And every day I'll watch, and pray: 

6. "Lord, keep me pure and strong arway." 

While teaching this pledge to the class, teach 
also the Bible verses that contain the correspond- 
ing thought: 

1. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. — 1 
Cor. 6:19. 

2. Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with a 
price.—- 1 Cor. 6:19, 20. 

3. Keep thyself pure.— 1 Tim. 5:22. 

4. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the 
door of my lips. — Ps. 141:3. 

5. If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. — Prov. 
1:10. 

6. The Lord is thy keeper.— Ps. 121:5. 

— Mrs. Zillah Foster Stevens. 



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FELLOWSHIP OF DANIEL 

A temperance organization whose form well 
adapts it to the needs of Junior work. It was 
founded by John S. Brown, a missionary of the 
American Sunday-School Union, who thus states 
the origin and aim of the movement: 

"For years I have felt the lack of a simple 
pledge to use in connection with Sunday-school 
work and one which did not include too many 
other things besides temperance. The outline of 
this pledge came to me one day while reading the 
story of Daniel and thinking how his whole life 
centered about his declaration of purpose — Dan. 
1 :8 — c He purposed in his heart/ His life was 
kept clean by such a purpose — and why not? No 
pledge, however binding, can be kept without the 
continued purpose of the heart. 

"My thought is that hundreds of ohildren will 
be constrained to unite with this fellowship, pur- 
posing in their hearts to live clean lives. I pray 
God it may be so." 

The organization of each local chapter will be 
simple. A president and a secretary are all the 
officers needed. 

Each signer of the "Declaration of Purpose" 
will, by signing, become a member and will retain 
the card signed. The record of membership will 
be kept by the secretary of the local chapter. 

Declaration cards may be obtained from the pub- 
lishers of this book at 75 cents per hundred. 



TEMPERANCE PLEDGES 



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Name 

Address 

Date Age 

Remarks here 




CHAPTER XII 

EXERCISES FOR VARYING THE 
TEMPERANCE PROGRAM 

As has been said, there is no more effective 
temperance weapon than the "sword of the 
Spirit," so have the Juniors store their minds 
with temperance texts. These maj^ be used in 
a responsive service, or as answers to definite 
questions. 

TEMPERANCE TEXTS 

1. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, 
that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken 
also.— Hab. 2:15. 

2. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and 
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. — Prov. 20:1. 

3. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when 
it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself 
aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth 
like an adder.— Prov. 23:31, 32. 

4. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but 
be filled with the Spirit.— Eph. 5:18. 

5. Be not among winebibbers. — Prov. 23:20. 

6. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would 
not defile himself. — Dan. 1:8. 

7. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. — 
1 Cor. 6:19. 

8. Glorify God in your body.— 1 Cor. 6:20. 

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9. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong 
drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. — Isa. 24:9. 

10. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to 
poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. — 
Prov. 23:21. 

11. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, 
nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is of- 
fended, or is made weak. — Rom. 14:21. 

12. Neither thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God.— 1 Cor. 6:10. 

13. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, 
that they may follow strong drink; that continue until 
night, till wine inflame them! — Isa. 5:11. 

14. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, 
and men of strength to mingle strong drink. — Isa. 5:22. 

15. Not given to wine. — 1 Tim. 3:3. 

TEMPERANCE RESPONSIVE READINGS 
Temple-Building 

Leader: Every boy and girl is a temple. Can you tell 
me what the Bible says about this? 

Class: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, 
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — 1 Cor. 3:16. 

Leader: There is another verse that tells us we should 
keep these temples pure. Can you tell me why we should 
do this? 

Class: For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye 
are. — 1 Cor. 3: 17. (Then recite the following verses.) 

My body is a temple, 

To God it does belong; 
He bids me keep it for His use, 

He wants it pure and strong. 



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Whatever harms my body 

I will not use at all ; 
Tobacco is one harmful thing, 

Another alcohol. 

Into my mouth they shall not go, 
When tempted I will answer, "No/' 
And every day I'll watch, and pray: 
"Lord, keep me pure and strong alway." 

What the Bible Says of Drunkards 

Leader: What does the Bible say of drunkards? 

Boys: Woe unto them that rise up early in the morn- 
ing that they may follow strong drink. — Isa. 5:11. 

Girls: Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, 
and men of strength to mingle strong drink. — Isa. 5 : 22. 

Leader: What does the Bible say shall become of 
drunkards f 

Boys: Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also 
reap.— Gal. 6:7. 

Girls: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come 
to poverty.— Prov. 23:21. 

Leader: Is there a place in heaven for drunkards? 

All: ISTor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
re viler s, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God.— 1 Cor. 6:10. 

TEMPERANCE QUOTATIONS 

It would be well for the Juniors to memorize 
many of these gems. To vary a program, they 
may be used in response to the name at roll-call. 
Or they are good to use as a rest exercise. Let 
the leader give the name of the person and let 



TEMPERANCE PROGRAM 91 

the class respond with the quotation, or the leader 
may give the quotation and the scholars tell 
whose it is. 

1. Touch the goblet no more! It will make thy 
heart sore to its very core. — Longfellow. 

2. Temperance in all things, especially in wine and 
words. — Louisa M. Alcott. 

3. Many a time has a glass of whiskey wrecked a 
great ship. — Captain of a large steamship line. 

4. I never use it. I am more afraid of it than of 
Yankee bullets. — "Stonewall" Jackson. 

5. We beg of you to send us more Gospel and less 
rum. — Ugalla, a Congo native. 

6. For thirty years I have been a temperance man, 
and I am too old to change. — Abraham Lincoln. 

7. Every man who becomes a drunkard becomes so 
in trying to be a moderate drinker and failing. — John B. 
Gough. 

8. I cannot consent, as your Queen, to take revenue 
from that which destroys the bodies and souls of my 
subjects. — Queen of Madagascar. 

9. I am a total abstainer because I have always felt 
that I had a better use for my brains. — Edison. 

10. Intemperance is a greater curse and calamity 
than war, pestilence, and famine. — Gladstone. 

TEACHING TEMPERANCE THROUGH THE EYE 

Ribbon Illustration Comparing the Liquor Traffic 
with Other Enterprises 

Use ribbons of various lengths, one inch of rib- 
bon to each twenty-five million dollars. 

Foreign Missions: $25,000,000; 1 inch white ribbon. 



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Christian Worlc: $200,000,000; 8 inches red, white, and 
blue ribbon. 

Public Education: $450,000,000; 18 inches flag ribbon. 
Tobacco: $800,000,000; 32 inches yellow ribbon. 
Liquor: $2,000,000,000; 80 inches red ribbon. 

Building Illustration, Showing Same Comparison 
Draw pictures of five buildings, so proportioned 
that the size of each building will indicate the 
amount of money spent for a particular thing. 

1. Foreign Missions : Represent by a chapel ; frontage 
2 inches, height 5 inches, depth 10 inches. Surmount 
chapel with cross. 

2. Church Worlc in the United States: Represent by 
a church building; frontage 8 inches, height 10 inches, 
depth 10 inches. Add steeple. 

3. Public Education: Represent by a schoolhouse; 
frontage 15 inches, height 12 inches, depth 10 inches. 
Surmount with flag. 

4. Tobacco: Represent by tobacco warehouse; front- 
age 20 inches, height 20 inches, depth 10 inches. 

5. Liquor: Represent by a saloon building; frontage 
40 inches, height 20 inches, depth 10 inches. 

Put appropriate lettering on each building, "Foreign 
Missions," "Church Work," etc. 

Figure Illustration 
Make five charts, each representing a human 
figure, size to indicate the annual investment in 
each interest in the United States: 

Foreign Missions: Man carrying uplifted cross in 
right hand. Bible in left hand. 16 inches tall. 



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Church Work: Typical figure of a preacher holding 
open Bible. 33 inches tall. 

Public Education : Girl in cap and gown. 40 inches tall. 

Tobacco: Figure of wooden Indian on pedestal, for- 
merly used as tobacco sign. 54 inches high. 

Liquor: Figure of a corpulent saloon-keeper or bar- 
tender, wearing apron. 72 inches tall. 

In the foregoing illustrations it must be remem- 
bered that figures continually change; therefore 
they are not expected to be exact. They are, how- 
ever, representative and indicate approximately 
the various amounts of money spent for these 
different things. 

Two Object Lessons 

The following is an old illustration, but the 
boys and girls like it, and it often serves as a 
"clincher" to a lesson. 

Hand a spool of fine thread to some boy, and 
let him show several times how easily he can break 
one thread. Next, while he holds his hands to- 
gether, wrap the thread around four or five times, 
and tie. Then let him break it. It is not so easy 
as before (just as a growing habit becomes harder 
and harder to break). Now, while talking, wrap 
it around thirty times to represent a bad habit 
kept up for a month. The boy cannot break away 
now. Teach how at first sin may be easily broken 
away from, but each time it is committed it is a 
little harder to break. At first it is only a little 



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"white" lie ; then it grows to be a daily habit. At 
first it is just disobeying mother a little bit; then 
more and more until no regard is paid to her 
wishes or commands. At first it is just taking a 
little thing that belongs to someone else, but the 
end may be prison. At first it is just a little 
drink of cider or beer — only one glass ; at the end 
a drunkard's grave. Bad habits grow strong just 
like good ones. In the same way, we can em- 
phasize how good habits are formed; habits of 
truthfulness, honesty, obedience, studiousness, 
temperance, church attendance, Bible-reading, 
prayer, etc. 

For another simple illustration that will make 
a temperance lesson practical and interesting to 
boys and girls, ask one boy to bring a biscuit, 
another a ruler, another a pencil, and another 
a tablet. This should be done the Sunday before, 
and in such a way as will create as much curiosity 
in the class as possible. Do not tell what will 
be done with these. When the lesson-time ar- 
rives, have some boy figure out how many biscuits 
would reach a mile if laid side by side, and then 
calculate how many times this band of biscuits 
would reach around the globe, if they were worth 
six for five cents and if the amount spent annu- 
ally in the United States for intoxicants — $1,250,- 
000,000 — was invested in biscuits. It is surprising 
how many times it would band the globe. This 



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will impress the amount wasted in strong drink in 
a way the)' will remember. 

TEMPEKANCE SONGS 
The Best Drink 
{Tune: "Good-Morning, Merry Sunshine.") 
The best drink for the children 

Is water clear and bright; 
In all the springs it bubbles 
And sparkles in the light. 

It flows through greenest meadows, 

For thirsty flowers and trees; 
And birds, and lambs, and rabbits, 

Have all the drinks they please. 

So if this clear, cool water 

Is best for birds and flowers, 
It must be best for everyone 

In this dear land of ours. 

Then sparkling water I will drink, 

So fresh, and pure, and free, 
And every day I'll thank the Lord 

For sending it to me. 

Vote for Local Option 
{Tune: "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are 
Marching.") 
Vote, vote, vote for local option, 

Vote to banish the saloon, 
Vote against the awful curse, 
Growing every year the worse, 

For we have no further use for the saloon. 

This is a good chorus to drill on before election. 



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The Pledge That Makes Us Free 
(Tune: "Marching through Georgia.") 

Oh come on, boys, and join our ranks, 
And sing another song: 

Sing it with a spirit that will move the world along; 
Sing it as the victor sings who triumphs over wrong, 
The cigarette must go now for ever. 

Chorus: 
Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the jubilee. 
Hurrah! hurrah! the pledge that makes us free. 
So we'll sing the chorus; 
Let us sing it out with glee, 
The cigarette must go now for ever. 

As soldiers we will loyal be, 

And battle for the right, 

To drive the demon from the land we'll work with all 

our might. 
Come, give to us a helping hand, and join us in the 
fight, 
The cigarette must go now for ever. 

— Mrs. C. B. Bullock in the Boys' "Magazine. 

God Bless Our Cause 
(Tune: "America.") 
God bless our sacred cause! 
We plead for righteous laws, 

Our homes to shield. 
Our land has suffered long, 
From an accursed wrong, 
Whose roots are deep and strong, 
Nor do they yield. 



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Now let the people come 
And vote for God and home, 

And temperance laws. 
Long have we been aggrieved, 
We'll be no more deceived, 
Our land must be relieved! 

God bless our cause. 

TEMPERANCE RECITATIONS 
Where There's Drink, There's Danger 
(It was the wish of Miss Willard that every boy and 
girl in the land would commit these verses to memory.) 

Write it on the workhouse gate, 
Write it on the schoolboy's slate, 
Write it on the copy-book, 
That the young may often look, 
"Where there's drink, there's danger." 

Write it on the churchyard mound 
Where the rum-slain dead are found, 
Write it on the gallows high, 
Write for all the passers-by, 
"Where there's drink, there's danger.' 9 

Write it on the nation's laws, 
Blotting out the license clause; 
Write it on each ballot white, 
So it can be read aright, 
"Where there's drink, there's danger." 

Write it on the ships that sail, 
Borne along by storm and gale; 
Write it large in letters plain 
Over every land and main, 
"Where there's drink, there's danger." 



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Write it over every gate, 
On the church and halls of state, 
In the heart of every band, 
On the laws of every land, 
"Where there's drink, there's danger." 

A Novel Anti-Saloon Lesson 

This exercise was prepared by the Tennessee 
Anti-Saloon League and, if properly carried out, 
should not fail to be impressive. Fifteen children 
march in and take their places, each one carrying, 
in such a manner as to conceal it from view, a 
letter of the alphabet. On taking their places, 
they all say in concert, "The Saloon Must Go." 
Then, one by one, they repeat the following 
reasons : 

1. Because it makes little children go hungry and 
cold. 

2. Because it hushes their laughter and banishes 
their joy. 

3. Because it denies them a chance to live. 

4. Because it changes love to hate and kindness to 
cruelty. 

5. Because it robs many a home of its happiness. 

6. Because it breaks many a mother's heart. 

7. Because it is a snare in the pathway of every boy. 

8. Because it is a menace to the happiness of every 
girl. 

9. Because it makes drunkards and criminals. 

10. Because it fills the poorhouse and jails. 

11. Because it is a man-trap and a death-trap. 

12. Because it destroys both body and soul. 



TEMPERANCE PROGRAM 99 

13. Because it is the enemy of all that is good and 
the friend of all that is bad. 

14. Because it is a sin against God and a crime 
against humanity. 

15. Because the curse of God is on it. 

Then as the last reason is given, the children 
suddenly hold up and present to view in their 
proper order the letters they carry, which spell 
out the motto, "The Saloon Must Go/' 

Why and Because 

Boys : Wine that is beautiful, wine that is red, 

Why must I shun it with fear and dread? 

Girls: Because, "At the last it biteth like a serpent, 

and stingeth like an adder." — Prov. 23 : 32. 
Boys: Why, when it moveth itself aright, 

Must I not look at the tempting sight? 
Girls: Because, "Wine is a mocker." — Prov. 20: 1. 

Boys : Why shall we stand, though it rage and mock, 
As straight as a line and as firm as a rock ? 
Girls: Because, "We will drink no wine." — Jer. 35:6. 

Ten Temperance Boys 
One temperance boy to his work so true, 
Pledged another boy and then there were two. 

Two bright temperance boys, from bad habits free, 
Got another boy to join them, then there were three. 

Three happy temperance boys, never drank nor swore, 
Taught a boy he must not smoke, and then there were 
four. 



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Four sturdy temperance boys, to their work alive, 
Helped another boy be good, and then there were five. 

Five young temperance boys, eyes so very bright, 
Soon started number six on the road to right. 

Six jolly temperance boys, looking up to heaven, 
Cheered a playmate on the way, and then there were 
seven. 

Seven strong temperance boys, all rum they hate, 
Told a fellow of the wrong, then there were eight. 

Eight cheery temperance boys, touch not, taste not wine, 
Asked a schoolmate not to drink, then there were nine. 

Nine fine temperance boys, learned the truth, and then 
Told it to another boy — so there were ten. 

Ten loyal temperance boys, working hand in hand 
To drive strong drink away from our native land, 
Ask you all to help them, work with all your might, 
Never fear nor falter; God is with the right. 

a rumseller's PLEA 
(A Kecitation.) 

Wanted some bright boys, full of cheer, 

To stand at my counters as drinkers of beer, 

To fill up the ranks, without further delay, 

Of the army of drunkards now passing away. 

A hundred thousand a year will just supply 

The loss to our trade from the drunkards who die. 

Send those who can toil, or who have wealth to bestow, 

For profits are small on old drunkards, you know ; 

Let them come from the shop, the school or the home, 

We'll welcome them all, whoever may come. 



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Let mothers surrender their sons to our cause, 
And fathers keep voting for "good" license laws; 
For if you will vote to keep running the mill, 
You must furnish the grist, or the wheels will stand 
still. 

TEMPERANCE VERSES 

God gave me this good body 

To grow both strong and tall; 
Tobacco only spoils it, 

And so does alcohol. 
Into my mouth they'll never go, 
When tempted I will answer, "No." 

Cigarettes, they say, are harmless, 

Just a tiny little roll! 
But the appetite they awaken 

Soon might get beyond control, 
And tobacco chains would bind us, 

Slaves in body mind, and soul. 

Cherish your body, for God made it great ; 

It has a guest of might and high estate ; 

Keep the shrine noble, handsome, high, and whole, 

For in it lives God's work, a kingly soul. 

For right and light, e'en girls can fight, 
Example, work, and prayer unite, 
And help to bless the world so wide, 
By standing on the Temperance side. 

Pure cold water — that's the drink for me; 

I stand for temperance, from King Alcohol I'm free ! 

From drink with its ruin, and sorrow and sin, 
I surely am safe if I never begin. 



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Water bright and pure and precious, 
Quenches thirst and does refresh us; 
That's the drink for me. 

My body is God's, for He gave it 
All pure, and He made it for use; 

He wants me to keep it and save it, 
From all kinds of harm and abuse. 

Here's a hand to the boy who has courage 

To do what he knows to be right; 
When he falls in the way of temptation 

He has a hard battle to fight. 
Who strives against self and his comrades 

Will find a most powerful foe; 
All honor to him if he conquers, 

A cheer for the boy who says, "No!" 

My little bow of white 
Will help me to do right. 
If tempted wrong to do, 
I'll bravely answer, "No"; 
I'll live aright each day, 
If I both watch and pray. 

The drunkards will all be dead, 
And I'll tell you the reason why: 

Young temperance workers they'll grow up 
As fast as the drunkards die. 

Every time that we yield to temptation, 
It is easier for us to do wrong ; 

Every time we resist temptation, 
It is easier for us to be strong. 



TEMPERANCE PROGRAM 103 

Just as I am, young, strong, and free, 
To be the best that I can be, 
For truth and righteousness and Thee, 
Lord of my life, I come, I come. 

TEMPERANCE YELLS FOR JUNIORS 

Who wants our whole country dry? 

I! I! I! 
Who to make it so will try? 

I! I! I! 

Who are we? Who are we? 
Young Campaigners! don't you see! 
Shout for victory! Strike the blow! 
The liquor traffic must surely gp! 

These selections and exercises may be used to 
vary the usual program, and as the boys and girls 
carry home the little verse, the yell, the song, 
they are scattering seeds of temperance that must 
bear fruit somewhere, some day. 



CHAPTEE XIII 
BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 

In* teaching this subject we begin with what 
the Juniors already know of geography, then lead 
them gradually to the unknown or new field. No 
geography is taught in the lower grades of the 
Sunday-school, so we have little on which to build, 
except the scholar's knowledge of his own country. 

We first talk about New Hampshire ; then learn 
that Palestine, the native land of Christ, is about 
the same shape, and is in size approximately equal 
to Maryland. Then, just as this country is divided 
into states, so Palestine was divided into four main 
divisions. And just as the people of our country 
in the Eastern states differ from those in the West, 
and the Southerner is unlike either, so those who 
dwelt in those provinces or divisions were not like 
one another. In the Northern province, Galilee, 
the population was a mixture of Jews and Gen- 
tiles; it was the "Far West" of Palestine. In 
Samaria dwelt another "mixed" class, the Jewish- 
Assyrian, and these had little in common with 
strict Jews. The Jewish aristocracy, the pure- 
blooded Jews, lived in Judaea. In Peraea, the 
province east of the Jordan Kiver, were mixed 
races and many farmers and shepherds. 

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BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 105 

The main water-bodies of Palestine are next 
learned, and now we may begin drawing. Do not 
use a regular printed map. There are so many- 
things on it that it is confusing. The untrained 
mind cannot grasp the details clearly. Draw a 
map on the blackboard or on heavy paper, and 
place on it only such points as you study. It 
will be a help in fixing these points in the mem- 
ory if you will use the Palestine geography song, 
locating the different places as they are men- 
tioned : 

PALESTINE GEOGRAPHY SONG 
(Tune: "Maryland, My Maryland.") 

First the line of coast we make, 
Merom, next, a marshy lake; 
Then the Sea of Galilee, 
Exactly east of Carmel, see. 
The Jordan Eiver flows through both, 
To the Dead Sea on the south, 
While the Great Sea westward lies, 
Stretching far as sunset skies. 

After this verse has been learned, and the map 
drawn up to this point, add the dividing lines 
between provinces, and teach the second verse: 

The country south is old Judaea, 

While on the east is wild Peraea; 

Samaria, then, out to the west, 

Eeaching up to CarmePs crest; 

And then comes dear old Galilee; 

Phoenicia, bordering on the sea, 

While Bashan, eastward to be seen, 

Completes the land of Palestine. 



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Next add some noted mountains, such as Cal- 
vary, north of Jerusalem; Mount Hermon, thirty 
miles north of the Sea of Galilee, with Mount 
Lebanon a little to the northwest on the nearer 
side of Jordan; the Mount of Olives, east of 
Jerusalem; Mount Nebo, from which Moses 
viewed the land of Canaan, in Peraea just north 
of the Dead Sea; Mount Carmel, familiar through 
stories of Elijah and Elisha, just west of the Sea 
of Galilee on the coast. The third verse of the 
geography song will help to place these in mind: 

Looking northward, you may view 
Lebanon, and Hermon, too, 
Carmel, and Gilboa, grim, 
Tabor, Ebal, Gerizim; 
Near Jerusalem we see 
Olivet and Calvary. 
Judaea's hills rise south and west 
Of lonely Nebo's lowering crest. 

Cities will come next. With Jerusalem for a 
starting-point, we go six miles south to Bethlehem 
and mark the birthplace of Jesus. Eeturning to 
Jerusalem, we strike north for seventy miles and 
reach Nazareth, in Galilee, the home of his boy- 
hood. Later we travel two miles southeast of 
Jerusalem, where we come to Bethany. We stay 
there for a while and talk over what happened 
to Mary, and Martha, and Lazarus. Then we 
surely want to walk eight miles west of Jerusalem 



BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 107 

to Emmaus, and listen while the two disciples 
and Jesus talk together as they journey over that 
road on the wonderful first Easter day. Jericho 
is in the opposite direction, northeast of Jerusa- 
lem, and it is twice as far from our starting-point 
as is Emmaus. We like to go over this road and 
recall the stories of the Good Samaritan and of 
Zacchaeus ; then we cross over the Jordan and stop 
at Bethabara, near where Jesus was baptized. 

While in Galilee we will want, of course, to 
tarry long enough to locate the town of Nam. 
There Jesus stopped the funeral procession of the 
young man who was the only son of his mother — 
and she a widow — and turned their mourning into 
great joy by restoring the son to life. Then we 
must not forget Cana, northeast of Nazareth, 
where the first miracle was performed; and 
Capernaum, about ninety miles northeast of Jeru- 
salem, where Jesus made his home during his 
Galilaean ministry. Thence we cross the Sea of 
Galilee to Bethsaida, where he fed the five thou- 
sand people. And at Sychar, near Shechem, about 
halfway on the road to Nazareth — we must mark 
the spot where Jesus sat on the well-curb to rest 
while the disciples went into the village to buy 
food, and the Samaritan woman came and heard 
from Jesus of the water of life which it was in 
his power to give. 

The fourth verse of the song will be found help- 



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ful to use in connection with these cities and 

towns: 

On Zion stands Jerusalem, 
Six miles south is Bethlehem; 
On Olive's slope is Bethany, 
Bethabara, by Jordan, see. 
Our Saviour drank at Sychar's well, 
Of boyhood's days let Nazareth tell. 
At Cana, water turned to wine 
Showed our Lord to be divine. 

The teacher who would present Bible geography 
to her class in an interesting, intelligent manner, 
must first know something of the subject. The 
above is largely from Prof. Hamill's Teacher- 
Training lessons, adapted to suit the requirements 
of the Junior Department. 

There are many other points to place on the 
map, but these will be determined by your own 
particular class. We have so little time for all 
there is to do that this work is often crowded out. 
But a knowledge of Palestine is such a great help 
in understanding many of the Bible incidents, 
and in making the stories more real because we 
can locate the exact places, that we ought to give 
our Juniors the benefit of the map-study. Three 
minutes a Sunday spent in a geography drill, and 
one point firmly fixed in the mind each week, 
will mean fifty-two biblical geography facts 
learned in one year. Can we afford to miss this 
opportunity ? 



BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 109 

MAP-DRAWING 

There is no more simple outline than Palestine 
to draw; and the boys and girls have learned 
to draw "first the line of coast," then the other 
places, while singing the Palestine geography 

song. This always makes a good number for a 
graduation or a promotion program. No matter 
if the maps are crude, the mere act of making 
them has educative value. 

Acting on the principle that "we understand 
by comparison," this method of giving an intelli- 
gent knowledge of the distance between two points 
has been successfully tried: Attention is called 
to any landmark — a hill or park or building — 
about two miles distant from the church; "Beth- 
any is just the same distance from Jerusalem." 
Some scholar is asked to find out how far away 
a certain familiar town is and to report the fol- 
lowing Sunday; "this is just the distance Naz- 
areth, or Jericho, or Capernaum, is from Jerusa- 
lem." Such a method of comparison has made 
Palestine more real not only to Juniors but to 
adults as well. The geography of the entire Bible 
may be treated in the same way. 

In the "Junior Workers 5 Quarterly" are given 
Paul's early life and his first missionary journey 
in rhyme. This is to be sung to the familiar 
hymn-tune, "Anywhere with Jesus I Can Safely 



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Go" and one member of the class points out the 
places on the map as the song is sung. 

Paul's First Missionary Journey 
Paul was born in Tarsus; here we see the place; 
Then to great Jerusalem the way we will trace; 
Here the Law he studied, and with bitter hate 
Hurried Christian martyrs to a cruel fate. 

Next he sought Damascus, that he might waylay 
Those who loved the Saviour; but upon the way 
Jesus called from heaven ; Paul obeyed the call, 
Prom that very moment giving Christ his all. 

Into far Arabia, see him now depart; 
There for useful service, God prepared his heart ; 
At Antioch in Syria see him then appear; 
Our sweet name of Christian first is given here. 

Two Apostles chosen, Barnabas and Paul, 
Por a mission journey, preaching Christ to all; 
On the Mediterranean see them sail away 
To the isle of Cyprus, and at Paphos stay. 

Then again they traveled over deep-blue waves, 
Till they came to Perga, preaching, "Jesus saves." 
Then another Antioch heard the joyful sound, 
Gentiles gladly hearing, life eternal found. 

There and in Iconium evil hearts were stirred, 
Angry Jews refusing Jesus and His word ; 
Onward then to Lystra, helping, healing still; 
First the people worshiped, then they tried to kill. 

Paul next went to Derbe with the Gospel light, 

All the true believers in a church unite; 

Speaking of our Saviour, telling of His grace, 

Glad to spread the Kingdom still from place to place. 



BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 111 

Then returned through Lystra and Iconium by the way 
Of Antioch, whence angry Jews had driven them away; 
From Attalia sailing, back to Antioch they came, 
To report what God had done and glorify His name. 

Chorus : 

Anywhere! Everywhere! Fear they did not know; 
For the Holy Spirit guided where to go. 

BIBLE GEOGRAPHY DRILLS 

In regard to teaching biblical f acts, Mr. Herbert 
Moninger has said, "Do not be afraid of drilling 
too much. These facts will b§ a part of your 
life's treasures, so grasp them %igiti." If, then, 
we teach one definite fact or event in connection 
with each of the following places, not trying to 
crowd the work so rapidly that the pupils fail to 
get the thought clearly, and, by repeated review, 
so fix the place and the fact or event in mind that* 
they will alway^ be associated one with the other, 
we are laying a good foundation of outline facts. 
And such drill- work is so interesting! The 
Juniors delight in concert recitations of this sort. 
The teacher should be well prepared and not for 
a second let the review drag, nor let it run over 
into the time belonging to some other part of 
the program. This list is only suggestive; it can 
be greatly enlarged by the teacher after the facts 
as here given have been learned. 



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Biblical Facts and Events 
Tell some Bible fact or event connected with : 
Bethlehem. (Birthplace of Jesus.) 
Antioch. (Where the disciples were first called 

Christians.) 

Babylon. (Daniel in the lions' den.) 

Cana. (Where Jesus' first miracle was performed.) 

Damascus. (Paul's conversion.) 

Egypt, (Where Israelites were enslaved.) 

Jericho. (Walls fell down when Israelites marched 

around.) 

Bethany. (Home of Lazarus, and Mary, and Martha.) 

Jerusalem. (Capital city of the Jews.) 

Capernaum. (One of the homes of Jesus.) 

Emmaus. (With Jesus on the first Easter.) 

Hebron. (City of Refuge.) 

Tarsus. (Birthplace of the Apostle Paul.) 

Mount Sinai. (Giving of tables of stone to Moses.) 

Jordan Eiver. (Baptism of Jesus.) 

Sea of Galilee. (Jesus walking on the water.) 

Mount Hermon. (Transfiguration.) 

Olivet. (Ascension.) 

Nazareth. (Boyhood home of Jesus.) 

River Nile. (Rescue of the infant Moses.) 

Nain. (Raising of young man to life.) 

Mount Lebanon. (Noted for fine cedars.) 

Mount Moriah. (Mount on which the Temple stood.) 

Red Sea. (Israelites crossed dryshod.) 

Mount of Beatitudes. (Scene of the Sermon on the 

Mount.) 

Mount Carmel. (Elijah called down fire from heaven.) 
Bethabara. (Baptism of Jesus.) 
Bethsaida. (Feeding of the five thousand.) 
Sychar. (Woman of Samaria and Jesus.) 



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Eden. (First home of man.) 

Mount Ararat. ( Where the Ark rested. ) 

Mount Gilboa. (Scene of King Saul's death.) 

Calvary. (Crucifixion.) 

Gethsemane. (Place of betrayal of Jesus.) 

An Alphabetical List of Bible Places 

In this exercise the teacher reverses the order 
and gives the incident connected with the place. 

Where were the people first called 

Christians ? Antioch. 

Where was Jesus born? Bethlehem. 
Where did Jesus perform his first 

miracle ? Oana. 

Near what city was Paul converted? Damascus. 

A garden God planted? Eden. 

A name for the visible heavens? Firmament. 
A wicked city destroyed by fire from 

heaven ? Gomorrah. 
A city where Paul and Barnabas 

preached? Hebron. 

One of the cities of refuge? Iconium. 

The Holy City? Jerusalem. 
The place from which Moses sent the 

twelve spies? Kadesh-barnea. 

A mountain noted for its fine cedars? Lebanon. 

Euth's native land? Moab. 

The boyhood home of Jesus? Nazareth. 
A land from which Solomon brought 

material for the Temple? Ophir. 

The home of the Jews? Palestine. 
A city where Paul preached while a 

prisoner? Rome. 



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The mountain where the Command- 
ments were given? 

Paul's native place? 

The land where Job lived? 

A place where Ezekiel saw a vision of 
dry bones? 

Where the Israelites wandered forty 
years? 

The mount on which the Temple was 
built? 



Sinai. 
Tarsus. 

Hz. 

Valley. 

Wilderness. 

Zion. 



CHAPTEE XIV 

THE USE OF HANDWORK 

Handwork: is the method by which our boys 
and girls give expression to their impressions. 
And this can be done even where the leader ex- 
claims, "But we have nothing to work with!" 
While an equipment of table, sand-tray, cabinet, 
and other paraphernalia is helpful, still such 
things are not absolutely essential. The character 
of the work done will depend upon the size of the 
class, the age and the ability of the pupils, and 
the place of meeting. For instance, in a graded 
Sunday-school room where each small class gathers 
around a table of its own, several different kinds 
of handwork might be carried on at the same time. 
But in a department where no grading is attempt- 
ed, and where the boys and girls do not sit at 
tables, something different must be undertaken. 
In this, as in all other departments of the work, 
we need to exercise much consecrated common 
sense and be practical, adopting for our own par- 
ticular class that which we can best do. After 
all, there are few forms of handwork that cannot 
be done in some fashion, even under apparently 
adverse conditions. For a full and complete treat- 

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ment of this subject, read Littlefield's "Handwork 
in the Sunday- School." 

MODELING 

The sand-table is a familiar help of the Primary 
and Beginners' teacher, and the Junior worker 
will find it most useful in her department. If you 
cannot afford a large table, use one or more shal- 
low granite-ware pans. Do not use tin ; the damp 
sand will rust it. Small wooden trays will answer 
the same purpose. If you can have one for each 
pupil, so much the better. In these they can make 
maps, locating the important places, and then 
trace journeys from point to point. If you have 
but one tray, do not do the work yourself, but let 
the scholars model the maps. Forests may be 
built of twigs, towns of tiny building-blocks, and 
roads of colored paper. Little pieces of glass or 
blue paper may represent lakes and rivers, while 
tooth-picks may stand for men and women. One 
of Paul's journeys treated in this way will never 
be forgotten; it is also very helpful in following 
the footsteps of Jesus. 

Clay, putty, plasticine, and paper pulp are used 
for relief maps. These materials are also used 
in forming a great variety of objects — models of 
oriental articles, such as a water- jar, an altar, a 
candlestick, a hand-mill, a sheep-fold, and so on. 

Many models can also be made of wood, card- 



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board, or other material. The work, however, is 
not to be done in class, but at home during the 
week. A flat-roofed oriental house, with upper 
rooms and outside stairway, may be made from 
cardboard boxes. Let the leader first make one, 
and then have the Juniors make their own at 
home, improving on hers if possible. I have in 
mind a class of ten-year-old boys in a mission 
Sunday-school who did this, and they produced 
some excellent models. They colored the houses 
with crayons, cut windows and doors, and one even 
added a gravel roof! 

A sheepfold is made in the same way. Pictures 
of these may be found in lesson-helps, Bible dic- 
tionaries, and other such books. 

A hand-mill may be made of wood or cardboard, 
and a tent fashioned out of cardboard or cloth. 
A Bible scroll is represented by a strip of paper 
rolled on two pencils or round sticks. The sling 
of David, the sword of Gideon, a well-curb, 
scourge, shepherd's crook, sandal, bed, and many 
other articles are all within the ability of the 
average Junior to produce, and anything of this 
kind which he or she has actually made is never 
forgotten. We are reaching the soul through the 
hand-gate. 

A rather elaborate piece of work, but one by 
no means beyond the ability of the older Juniors, 
is a model of the Temple, with its furniture. A 



118 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

little more simple one is a model of the Taber- 
nacle. The girls have a big part in this in making 
the curtains. 

MAP-MAKING 

Symbols of events connected with certain lo- 
calities may be cut from paper and fastened to 
the proper places on outline maps, either home- 
made or purchased. For instance, a star might 
mark Bethlehem, a water-jar be placed on Cana, 
a Temple at Jerusalem, and so on. 

BIBLE-MARKING 

Bible-marking is another form of handwork. 
Each Junior, of course, should havp his own Bible, 
and will take pride in marking it neatly. Let 
the leader first mark hers, and then have the 
Juniors copy her lines. 

There are a variety of ways in which the mark- 
ing may be done. "Underlines" are horizontal 
lines underneath w^ords or whole verses. "Kail- 
ways" are diagonal lines connecting words or 
thoughts in different parts of a page. Vertical 
lines, single or double, may be used in the margin 
opposite some passage. A striking word or phrase 
may have a line drawn around it, or each letter 
may be carefully traced in ink so as to make a 
text stand out prominently. Encourage the 
Juniors always to use a fine pen and a small ruler. 



THE USE OF HANDWORK 119 

This will help to preserve the neat appearance of 
their Bibles. 

STORY INTERPRETATION 

Story interpretation by pictures and Scripture 
texts selected by the boys and girls, is a familiar 
style of handwork. The Christmas and Easter 
stories are particularly suitable. So also are many 
of the other Bible stories. The Prodigal Son is 
a popular subject, and many are the interesting 
interpretations which it receives. The Creation 
is easy to illustrate. Let each make a book for 
himself, using his own Bible to find the order of 
the created things. A very complete one was 
made of seven circular cards cut about twelve 
inches in diameter. They were tied together with 
a bunch of rainbow colored ribbons through holes 
punched for the purpose. The first circle was 
black on one side and silver on the other, to rep- 
resent the round earth when everything was dark 
and black until God said, "Let there be light " 
The second day's work was pictured by a blue- 
covered circle, and the third with green. The 
fourth-day circle was white with a golden sun 
and a silver moon and stars pasted on it. The 
fifth was covered with birds and fish, and the 
sixth with animals and a man. The seventh was 
bright gold, to represent the best day of the week. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKLETS 

The Juniors enjoy biography and will take 
much delight in making a series of biographical 
booklets, not only of Bible characters, but also of 
some of the missionary and temperance heroes. 

HYMN ILLUMINATION 

The illumination of hymns is still another form 
of the same work. This may be done on loose 
leaves, which are later tied together between pretty 
handmade covers, the covers to be of cardboard 
or heavy paper. The title and the name of the 
one making it will appear on the front. Ordinary 
composition books may be used, but the portfolio 
style is more pleasing. 

NARRATIVE WORK 

Narrative work is particularly suited to this 
age. This provides for the writing out of the 
lesson story, and its illustration by pictures or 
free-hand drawings. In Sunday-schools where the 
Graded Lessons are used, the regular course of 
study includes such work. 

If the Junior boy and girl does nothing else 
in the line of narrative work, each should make 
an illustrated life of Christ, and one of Paul. 
Perry, Brown, or Wilde pictures are good to use 
for these. Better still are the New Testament 



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pictures published by the American Sunday-School 
Union. 

To quote Rev. Milton S. Littlefield: "Hand- 
work properly employed is not antagonistic to the 
spiritual aim and emphasis. On the contrary, it 
serves the spiritual aim directly in proportion as 
it makes vivid the facts out of which the moral 
impulse is derived. The end of the teaching 
process is a moral impulse to reproduce in life 
the principles embodied in the story or incident 
or character under discussion. Handwork will 
make vivid the facts; oral discussion will make 
clear the meaning of the facts/' 



CHAPTEE XV 
DRILLS AND CONCERT EXERCISES 

The Juniors are old enough to learn many 
simple outlines of biblical facts and history. If 
this information is given in the form of drills 
and concert exercises, not too much being attempt- 
ed at any one time, and then the points are fixed 
firmly in mind, through repeated reviews, our 
boys and girls will leave the department with a 
better and a clearer knowledge of Bible facts than 
is possessed by many college graduates. 

From three to five minutes each Sunday is 
sufficient time to spend on this work. A brief 
word of explanation as to the circumstances con- 
nected with an event which has made a place 
famous, or as to the character of the individual 
which has won for him a descriptive appellation, 
ought always to be given by the leader. 

As a "rest exercise," when, for any reason, the 
scholars are tired or restless, the use of drills has 
been found of benefit in restoring order. Never 
let such work drag. Your scholars immediately 
lose their interest when you allow yours to lag. 
By various means arouse their curiosity and so 
hold the attention. A lively session is always 

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possible when the boys and girls are in competi- 
tion as to which shall most quickly answer a ques- 
tion or locate a reference. Such work ought not 
only to result in an increased fund of Bible knowl- 
edge, but be an incentive to further study. 

A CHAEACTEK DRILL 



Who Was the 




Meekest man? 


Moses. 


Strongest man? 


Samson. 


Oldest man? 


Methuselah. 


Most patient man? 


Job. 


Father of the faithful? 


Abraham. 


Child of promise? 


Isaac. 


First Christian martyr? 


Stephen. 


Beloved physician? 


Luke. 


Forerunner of Jesus? 


John the Baptist. 


Wisest man? 


Solomon. 


First king of the Jews? 


Saul. 


Weeping prophet? 


Jeremiah. 


Gospel prophet? 


Isaiah. 


Brave queen? 


Esther. 


Anxious housewife? 


Martha. 


Sweet singer of Israel? 


David. 


Beloved disciple? 


John. 


Apostle to the Gentiles? 


Paul. 


Traitor? 


Judas. 


Wall-builder? 


Nehemiah. 


Builder of the Ark? 


Noah. 


Good king? 


Hezekiah. 


Supplanter? 


Jacob. 


"Rock" Apostle? 


Peter. 


Guileless Israelite? 


Nathanael. 



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GEOGRAPHY 
Where Was 

Jesus born? 

Jesus' boyhood home? 

Jesus baptized? 

Jesus' first miracle per- 
formed? 

Jesus' city during the last 
three years of his life? 

Jesus when he fed the five 
thousand? 

Jesus betrayed? 

Jesus crucified? 

Paul born? 

Moses born? 

The cradle of Moses put? 

The place where the disciples 
were first called Christians? 

The home of the Jews? 

The Law (ten command- 
ments) given to Moses? 

The Temple built? 

Daniel put into the den of 
lions? 

The first home of Adam and 
Eve? 



DRILL 

Bethlehem. 
Nazareth. 
Biver Jordan. 

Cana of Galilee. 

Capernaum. 

Bethsaida. 

Garden of Gethsemane. 

Calvary* 

Tarsus. 

Egypt. 

River Nile. 

Antioch. 
Palestine. 

Mount Sinai. 
Jerusalem. 

Babylon. 

Garden of Eden. 



A BIBLE FACT DRILL 



What 

Was the length of a Sabbath 
day's journey? 

Price did Joseph's brothers 
receive for selling him? 

Did Judas receive for betray- 
ing Christ? 



% of a mile. 

20 pieces of silver. 

30 pieces of silver. 



DRILLS AND CONCERT EXERCISES 



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Book in the Bible does not 




contain the word "God"? 


Esther. 


Little man climbed up a tree 




that he might see Jesus? 


Zacchaeus. 


Was Jesus' trade? 


Carpenter. 


Was Paul's trade? 


Tentmaker. 


Was Peter's occupation? 


Fisherman. 


Prophet was fed by the 




ravens? 


Elijah. 


Sea did Moses lead the Israel- 




ites across? 


Red Sea. 


Eiver did Joshua lead the 




Israelites across? 


River Jordan, 


City fell when the Israelites 




marched around it thirteen 




times? 


Jericho. 


Was the Holy City? 


Jerusalem. 


Man did God send to lead the 




Israelites out of Egypt? 


Moses. 


Did God send upon the 




Egyptians, so that they 




were willing to let the 




Children of Israel go? 


Ten plagues. 


General led the Israelites 




from the Wilderness into 




the Promised Land? 


Joshua. 


Is the hymn book of the 




Bible? 


Psalms. 


Man went against a great 




army, and with only three 




hundred men won the 




battle? 


Gideon. 


Prophet caused a piece of 




iron to swim? 


Elisha. 



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CHARACTER ALPHABET 



Who Was 




The first man? 


Adam. 


Jacob's youngest son? 


Benjamin. 


The first murderer? 


Cain. 


Cast into a den of lions? 


Daniel. 


Fed by the ravens? 


Elijah. 


The governor before whom 




Paul was tried? 


Felix. 


Killed by a shepherd boy with 




a stone? 


Goliath. 


The mother who gave her 




baby boy to the Lord? 


Hannah. 


The man known as the "Gos- 




pel Prophet"? 


Isaiah. 


The forerunner of Jesus? 


John the Baptist. 


King Saul's father? 


Kish. 


Abraham's nephew? 


IiOt. 


The oldest man? 


Methuselah. 


Told by Jesus that he must be 




born again? 


Nieodemus. 


The man who hid and cared 




for a hundred prophets? 


Obadiah. 


The Apostle to the Gentiles? 


Paul. 


The woman that came a great 




distance to question King 




Solomon? 


Queen of Sheba. 


Jacob's eldest son? 


Reuben. 


Dedicated to the Lord by his 




mother? 


Samuel. 


The disciple that doubted? 


Thomas. 


The king that was smitten 




with leprosy? 


Uzziah. 


The beautiful queen who pre- 




ceded Esther? 


Vashti. 



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It that came from the East to 

worship the infant Jesus? Wise Men. 

The father of James and 
John? Zebedee. 

A JUNIOR ALPHABET 
DESCRIBING DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE TRAITS 

(May be written on blackboard or stenciled on muslin.) 



Wanted — Juniors 

The kind we need : 
Amiable 
Busy 
Cheerful 
Devoted 
Economical 
Friendly 
Generous 
Honest 
Industrious 
Joyful 
Kind 
Loyal 

Magnanimous 
Noble 
Orderly 
Patient 
Quiet 
Real 

Submissive 
Temperate 
Upright 
Valorous 
Wholesome 
Xemplary 
Young 
Zealous in good works 



Wanted — Juniors 

The kind who need us : 

Avaricious 

Boastful 

Cruel 

Dishonest 

Envious 

Fraudulent 

Greedy 

Hateful 

Indolent 

Jealous 

Knavish 

Lazy 

Merciless 

Negligent 

Oppressive 

Profuse 

Quarrelsome 

Rash 

Selfish 

Trifling 

Unjust 

Vengeful 

Wicked 

Xtravagant 

Yielding 

Zealous in evil deeds 



CHAPTEE XVI 
SONGS AND HYMNS 

One of the most important duties of the Junior 
leader relates to the choice of hymns and tunes 
for the song service. The use of hymn books 
should be encouraged. Care should be taken to 
select a book which contains some of the old 
church hymns. Hymns should be, and are, one 
of the greatest influences for good; but the silly, 
senseless twaddle which is sometimes heard in 
Junior Departments cannot build up the char- 
acter of the singer. The hymns which are mem- 
orized at this age should be taught with the 
thought in mind that they will be lifelong pos- 
sessions. Even though the teacher, the lesson, 
and even the school itself, be forgotten, the music 
will remain in the heart of the pupil, buried per- 
haps for years, under the accumulation of other 
things, but still alive and ready to come forth 
with the needed lesson of hope, encouragement, 
or warning in time of disappointment, temptation, 
or danger. 

The great character-making hymns should take 
precedence over the pretty little songs in which 
the Primary children delight, or the rollicking 
ragtime airs which are so quickly learned and as 

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quickly worn out. Why use anything but the 
best? The Juniors love, and are capable of ap- 
preciating, a class of hymns which to those who 
have not tried them seem beyond their under- 
standing. They learn more of the Gospel message 
and of the great truths of Christianity from 
hymns than from any other source except the 
Bible. Where can we find a better picture of the 
heavenly home than in "Jerusalem, My Happy 
Home," or in "Jerusalem the Golden"? And 
what is a 'stronger temperance hymn than "My 
Soul, Be on Thy Guard"? And where can we 
find better Christmas hymns than "Hark! the 
Herald Angels Sing," "While Shepherds Watched 
Their Flocks by Night," "0 Little Town of Beth- 
lehem," "It Came upon the Midnight Clear," or 
"Joy to the World, the Lord is Come"? And 
for Easter, instead of a song about the flowers 
awakening, try "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today." 
For missionary hymns can we find anything that 
excels "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun," 
"From Greenland's Icy Mountains," or "The Son 
of God Goes Forth to War"? For praise hymns, 
what are better than "When Morning Gilds the 
Skies," "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken," 
"0 Day of Rest and Gladness," "Awake, My 
Soul, and with the Sun," or "Holy, Holy, Holy"? 
Hymns of conquest appeal strongly to this age; 
such as, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," "Stand 



130 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

Up, Stand Up, for Jesus," aucl "The Son of God 
Goes Forth to War." Then there are the evening 
hymns which can be memorized and used in their 
private devotions. What can be found to surpass 
"Now the Day Is Over," "Abide with Me," "All 
Praise to Thee, My God, This Fight," or "Jesus, 
Lover of My Soul"? 

A part of the teacher's equipment might well 
be one or more books on hymnology. In these 
may be found interesting incidents connected with 
the lives of hymn writers, or the circumstances 
under which particular hymns were written. These 
may be related in connection with learning the 
hymns. 

In addition to the hymns already mentioned, 
the following are all within the understanding of 
the Juniors, and have been used by them : 

Rock of Ages. 

Coronation. 

Love Divine, All Love Excelling. 

Fling Out the Banner. 

Angel Voices Ever Singing. 

The Spacious Firmament on High. 

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy. 

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. 

How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds. 

Nearer, My God, to Thee. 

Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs, 

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. 

Just as I Am, without One Plea. 

Yield Not to Temptation. 



CHAPTER XVII 
BIBLE VERSES FOR SPECIAL TIMES 

DAY 
The day is thine, the night also is thine: 
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. — Ps. 74:16. 

NIGHT 
The heavens declare the glory of God; 
And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 
Day unto day uttereth speech, 
And night unto night showeth knowledge. — Ps. 19:1, 2. 

And there shall be no night there; 

And they need no candle, neither light of the sun ; 

For the Lord God giveth them light: 

And they shall reign for ever and ever. — Rev. 22:5. 

SPRING 

The winter is past, 
The rain is over and gone; 
The flowers appear on the earth; 

The time of the singing of birds is come. — Song of 
Songs 2:11, ll 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, 
Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, 
Bringing his sheaves with him. — Ps. 126:6. 

SUMMER 
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: 
Thou hast made summer. — Ps. 74:37. 

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132 ALL ABOUT THE JUNIOR 

AUTUMN 
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest . . , 

shall not cease. — Gen. 8 : 22. 
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — 

Gal. 6:7. 

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; 
Eirst the blade, then the ear, 
After that the full corn in the ear. 
But when the fruit is brought forth, 
Immediately he putteth in the sickle, 
Because the harvest is come. — Mark 4:28, 29. 

WINTER 
He saith to the snow, 
Be thou on the earth. — Job 37:6. 

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. — Ps. 51:7. 

He giveth snow like wool; 

He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like morsels : 

Who can stand before his cold? — Ps. 147: 16 ? 17. 

NEW YEAR 
So teach us to number our days, 
That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. — Ps. 90:12. 

EASTER 
But now is Christ risen from the dead, 
And become the firstfruits of them that slept. — 1 Gor. 
15:20. 

He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. 

Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 

And go quickly, and tell his disciples 

That he is risen from the dead. — Matt. 28:6, 7. 



BIBLE VERSES FOR SPECIAL TIMES 133 

CHILDREN'S DAY 
Jesus . . . said, . . . Suffer the little children 
to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of 
such is the kingdom of God. — Mark 10:14. 

THANKSGIVING 
The Lord is good to all: 

And his tender mercies are over all his works. 
All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord. — Ps. 145 . 9, 10. 

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: 
Praise him, all ye people. — Ps. 117:1. 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: 
For his mercy endureth for ever. — Ps. 136:1. 

CHRISTMAS 
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a 
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. — Luke 2:11. 

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : 
Ajid the government shall be upon his shoulder : 
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, 
The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince 
of Peace. — Isa. 9:6. 



APPENDIX 



Junior Supplemental Lessons Arranged in 
Order for Teaching 

Note. — In all work with the Juniors the Bible should 
be used constantly by the pupils. No attempt should 
be made to enter more fully into details than is sug- 
gested in the following outline. In the next depart- 
ment the teaching is expected to include Bible history, 
and there fuller details would be given. 

Throughout the last three of the four years' course 
there should be simple lessons in the geography of Bible 
lands, through the use of sand-map and outline map- 
drawing. 

FIRST YEAR 

Pupils Nine Years Old 
Keview Primary work, scattering it through the year 
as seems best. In reviewing the six Giving verses, add 
2 Corinthians 8:12 after Matthew 25:40, and complete 
the verse 2 Corinthians 9:7. 

Fall Quarter. 

Bible Work: God's Word. 2 Timothy 3:16, 17. 

The Bible: A Book of books— 66 books. 

The General Divisions: Old Testament, 39 books in 5 
groups. New Testament, 27 books in 5 groups. 

Groups of Books in Old Testament: 5 books of Early 
History and Law, or the Pentateuch; 12 books of Later 
History; 5 books of Poetry; 5 books of the Major 
Prophets; 12 books of the Minor Prophets. 

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JUNIOR SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 135 

Groups of Books in New Testament: 4 books of Biog- 
raphy — the Gospels; 1 book of History; 14 Special Let- 
ters; 7 General Letters; 1 book of Prophecy. 

Winter Quarter. 

Names of Books in Groups — Old Testament. 

Books of Early History and Law: Genesis, Exodus, 
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. 

Books of Later History: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Sam- 
uel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chron- 
icles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. 

Books of Poetry: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, 
Song of Solomon, Lamentations. 

Books of the Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, 
Ezekiel, Daniel. 

Books of the Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, 
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, 
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. 

Spring Quarter. 

Names of Books in Groups — New Testament. 

Books of Biography: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. 

Book of History: Acts. 

Special Letters : Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, 
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessa- 
lonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, 
Philemon, Hebrews. 

General Letters: James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 
John, 3 John, Jude. 

Book of Prophecy: Revelation. 

SECOND YEAR 
Pupils Ten Years Old. 
Fall Quarter. 

Review of Groups of Bible and drill on finding books. 



136 APPENDIX 

Old Testament, Books of Early History and Law 

Contents of the Books of the Bible. 

Note* — In telling these stories, do not elaborate any 
further than is indicated in the outline. The purpose 
is not to give a full biography of any character, but to 
give the main events in the life and associate these so 
perfectly with the name that the two cannot be separated. 
The pupil, after hearing the story, should give back the 
outline and memorize that and the name of the Character 
to whom it relates. 
Boole Genesis: Beginnings of History. 

Stories: Creation — The Flood. 

Characters: Abram. Gen. 12:1 — 15:6. His call — his 
going to Canaan — his giving choice to Lot — God's cove- 
nant with him — his name changed to Abraham — birth 
of Isaac. 

Joseph: Gen. 37, 39 — 50. His dreams — his coat of 
many colors — sold into Egypt — interprets Pharaoh's 
dream — made a great ruler — kindness to his family. 
Boole Exodus: The Going Out. 

Character : Moses. Exod. 2 — 15. His birth — adoption 
by princess — education in palace— choosing his own 
people — call to deliver them — leading his people out of 
Egypt. 

Story: Giving of the Law. 
Boole Leviticus: Laws for the People. 
Boole Numbers: Numbering the People. 
Boole Deuteronomy : The Laws Emphasized. 

Books of Later History 
Boole Joshua: The Conquest of the Land. 

Character: Joshua. Numbers 27:15-23. Joshua 1 — 6, 
24. Chosen to succeed Moses — leads the people into 
Canaan — takes Jericho — his last words to his people. 
Boole Judges: The People Kuled by Judges. 



JUNIOR SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 137 

Character: Gideon. Judges 6, 7. Called to deliver 
his people — signs asked and given — army reduced to 
three hundred — victory over Midianites. 
Book "Ruth: A Story of Faithfulness. 

Winter Quarter. 

Books: 1 Book of Samuel, 2 Book of Samuel — The Be- 
ginning of the Kingdom. 

Characters: Samuel. 1 Sam. 1—3, 12. His birth — 
dedication to God — childhood in the Tabernacle — an up- 
right judge. 

David. 1 Sam. 16—18, 24; 2 Sam. 5. Anointed— 
slays Goliath — hated and pursued by Saul — spares SauPs 
life — made king. 

Books: 1 Book of Kings, 2 Book of Kings, 1 Book of 
Chronicles, 2 Book of Chronicles — History of the 
Kingdom and the Captivity. 

Character: Elijah. 1 Kings 17—19; 2 Kings 2. Fore- 
tells famine — miraculously fed — conquers priests of Baal 
— calls Elisha — taken to heaven. 
Boole Ezra: Return from the Captivity. 
Book Nehemiah: Rebuilding the Walls. 

Character: Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1 — 13. Cupbearer 
— hears of the ruins of Jerusalem — goes to rebuild the 
walls — dedicates the walls — has the Law read to all the 
people — rules the people wisely. 
Book Esther: A Brave Queen. 

Character: Esther. Esther 1 — 10. Chosen queen — 
intercedes for her people — overthrows the plot. of Haman. 

Books of Poetry 

Books: Job: A Patient Man. Book Psalms: The Hymn 
Book of the Bible. Book Proverbs: Wise Say- 



138 APPENDIX 

ings. Book Ecclesiastes : Words of the Preacher. 
Book Song of Solomon : A Song about the Church. 
Book Lamentations: Mourning over the Destruc- 
tion of Jerusalem. 

Spring Quarter. 

Books of the Major Prophets 
BooTcs: Isaiah: Tells of the Coming of Christ the Mes- 
siah. Book Jeremiah: Warns Against Sin. Book 
Ezekiel: Gives Hope for the Restoration of the 
People. Book Daniel: A Man of Courage. 

Character: Daniel. Daniel 1, 5, 6. Taken captive — 
his abstinence — reads handwriting on the wall — cast in 
lions' den. 

Books of the Minor Prophets 

Written to warn the people against sin. 

Temperance Teaching: Responsibility for oneself, 
Prov. 23 : 29-32. 1 Cor. 3 : 16, 17. Responsibility for one's 
neighbor, Hab. 2:15 (first clause). Matt. 22:39. Re- 
sponsibility for one's country, Hab. 2:12. Prov. 14:34. 
Prov. 16:8. 

THIRD YEAR 
Pupils Eleven Years Old. 
Fall Quarter. 

Review contents of Exodus. Story of the Giving of 
the Law and Life of Moses. Drill on the Great Com- 
mandments. Matt. 22:37-39. 

Teach the Ten Commandments, Exod. 20:1-17, and 
have them memorized. 

Hymn. "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." 



JUNIOR SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 139 

Winter Quarter. 

New Testament, Books of Biography 
The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — Tell of 
the Life of Jesus. 

Character: John the Baptist. Luke 1. John 1:15-34. 
Matt. 3; 14: 1-12. His miraculous birth — his ministry — 
his imprisonment — his death. 

Outline of Life of Christ given by Stories from the 
Gospels: Annunciation to Mary — birth of Jesus — presen- 
tation in Temple — visit of the Wise Men — taken to 
Egypt — return to Nazareth — visit to Jerusalem — eigh- 
teen years in Nazareth — baptism — temptation — rejection 
at Nazareth — healing sick in Capernaum — twelve dis- 
ciples chosen — Sermon on the Mount — raising Jairus' 
daughter — feeding the five thousand — stilling the storm 
— transfiguration — parables of Good Samaritan and 
Prodigal Son — raising of Lazarus — blessing the little 
children — Jesus anointed at Bethany — triumphal entry 
— last supper — arrest — trial — crucifixion — resurrection — 
ascension. 

Names of Apostles memorized: Matt. 10:2-4. Eev. 
21:14. 

Note. — In churches using the Apostles' Creed, it should 
be explained and memorized here. 

Spring Quarter. 

Book of History 
Acts: Tells of the Work of the Apostles. 

Characters: Peter. Matt. 4:18-20; 26:69-75. Luke 
24:34. Acts 2, 3, 9:32-43; 12. Called— denies Christ- 
repents — sees Jesus™ preaches on the day of Pentecost- 
heals the lame man — raises Dorcas — visits Cornelius — 
delivered from prison. 



L40 APPENDIX 

John: John 1:35-40; 19:26, 27. Acts 5:17-42. Rev. 
22. Follows Jesus — given the care of the mother of 
Jesus — imprisoned and delivered — has a vision of the 
heavenly city. 

Stephen: Acts 6, 7. Made a helper in the church — 
teaches and is stoned — sees Jesus — prays for his enemies. 

Philip: Acts 6, 8, 21:8-10. Chosen to be a helper- 
driven out of Jerusalem — preaches in Samaria — teaches 
the Ethiopian — entertains Paul in Csesarea — helped in his 
work by his four daughters. 

Paul: Acts 8, 9, 11, 21, 27, 28. Persecutes Christians 
— converted — teaches at Antioch — sent out as a mission- 
ary — arrested — taken to Rome — shipwrecked — a prisoner 
in Rome. 

Special Letters and General Letters 
.Sent to Christians and churches to help and encourage 

them. 

Sketch of the life of one of the Apostles written by 

each pupil. 

Book of Prophecy 
Revelation: Tells of the Heavenly Home. 
Drill in rinding references. 

FOURTH YEAR 
Pupils Twelve Years Old. 
Fall Quarter. 

Review of Life of Christ Grouped into Periods. 

Have a notebook made by each pupil of the Life of 
Christ, using the outline taught in the third year, and 
dividing it, for convenience, into five periods: 1. From 
the annunciation to Mary to the return to Nazareth. 
Have map with journeys of period traced upon it. Suit- 
able pictures for events given. 2. From baptism to Ser- 



JUNIOR SUPPLEMENTAL LESSONS 141 

mon on the Mount. Names of Apostles written and pic- 
tures inserted. 3. From raising of Jairus' daughter to 
the transfiguration. Map of Galilee showing Mount 
Hermon. 4. From the parable of the Good Samaritan 
to the anointing by Mary at Bethany. Mark 10: 14 and 
Luke 10: 30-35 written. 5. From the triumphal entry 
to the Ascension. Map of Jerusalem and vicinity with 
journeys traced. The Seven Words from the Cross mem- 
orized and written. The eleven appearances of Christ 
after his resurrection written in order as they occurred, 
and memorized. 

Winter Quarter. 
What the Bible Says about Sin and Salvation. 

Xote. — This is intended as a preparation for Decision 
Day, or for leading classes or individuals to decide to 
give their lives to Christ. The outline needs five or six 
weeks for its proper development, but should not be used 
at all unless it is intended to give each pupil an oppor- 
tunity to make the decision. The term Decision Day is 
used for convenience simply and not to prescribe a plan 
or method. 

Before Decision Day: What is sin? 1 John 3:4. Jas. 
4:17. Who have sinned? Rom. 3:10-23. The conse- 
quences of sin. Gal. 6:7. Prov. 5:22. Prov. 28:13. 
Isa. 59:2. The remedy for sin. 1 John 1:9. John 3:16. 

Decision Day: Matt. 7:24-27. 1 John 1:9. John 3:16. 

After Decision Day: How the new life shows itself. 
John 15:10, 14. The new life strengthened. John 14:16, 
17, 26. 

Hymn: "My Faith Looks Up to Thee." 

Spring Quarter. 

Kules of the Kingdom; or, The Beatitudes, Matt. 
5 : 1-11, explained and memorized. 

Telling Others about the Kingdom. 



142 APPENDIX. 

Our Commission : Review Mark 10:15. Teach 1 Chron- 
icles 16 : 24. 

Our Promise: Hab. 2:14. 

Hymn: "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." 

Review all previous work and prepare pupils for pro- 
motion to next department. 

SUGGESTIONS FOR SUMMER QUARTERS 
First Year, 

Locate all the verses that have been learned, having 
the reference associated with each. The Traveler's Psalm, 
121, explained and committed to memory. The hymn, 
"O Day of Rest and Gladness," memorized, and "I Think 
When I Read That Sweet Story of Old" reviewed. 

A scrap-book made by each pupil in which the Psalm 
and the two hymns are written and illustrated with suit- 
able pictures, would be interesting. 

Second Year. 

Review contents of all Old Testament books and mem- 
orize Numbers 6:24-26; Deuteronomy 6:4, 5 and 33:27 
(to word "arms") ; Joshua 1:9; Psalm 8; Isaiah 9: 6, 7; 
Malachi 3:10, 16, 17. The map of Palestine drawn in 
outline, the seas and river named, and the principal places 
touched in the year's study located. Tell the story of 
Jacob's vision and have "Nearer, My God, to Thee" 
learned. Could be written in scrap-book and illustrated. 

Third Year. 

Select three heroes of the Cross who have carried on 
the work begun by the Apostles and tell the stories of 
their lives briefly, but vividly. Have "Faith of Our 
Fathers" (first and third verses) memorized. A scrap- 
book called "Heroes of the Cross" might be made and 



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in it the journeys of the Apostles and of the later mis- 
sionaries traced on maps bought or made for the pur- 
pose, and a brief outline of the life written opposite. 
"Watchman, Tell Us of the Night" memorized. 

Fourth Year. 

Take the hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," 
and tell of the missionary work being done by your 
church in each one of the countries mentioned in the 
hymn. Pictures of missionaries and buildings could be 
mounted on cards as the lessons are taught. Eeview the 
life of Moses briefly and have the Exodus map made. 
Give brief outline of the forty years' wanderings, telling 
what happened at „ Rephidim, Sinai, Kadesh-barnea, 
Mount Hor, Mount Nebo, and the fords of the Jordan. 
Trace journey on map. Start scrap-book with map and 
outline of journey on opposite page. Have "Guide Me, 
O Thou Great Jehovah" learned. Could be written in 
scrap-book and illustrated with incidents of the Exodus 
story which explains its references. 

CHOICE FOR EXTRA MEMORIZATION (See also 

Summer Quarters.) 

Scripture: Psalms 1, 19, 24, 90. Matt. 6:25-34. John 
14:1-4. 1 Cor. 13 and 15:51-58. 

Hymns: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty." 
"Love Divine, All Love Excelling." "Onward, Christian 
Soldiers." "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." "The Spacious 
Firmament on High." "In Heavenly Love Abiding." 



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